"View Document" and "View Tentative Ruling" Buttons (Free)
These documents are from our crowd-sourced library and are free to access. Follow these steps to learn how to find them!
- Enter the keywords you want into the Smart Search search bar at the top of the Trellis homepage (such as your legal issue, motion type, judge, opposing counsel, etc.).
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- Use Boolean operators with your keywords to focus your search, such as AND or OR.
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- Select one or more states you want to search in (CA, NY, TX, etc.) using the dropdown menu to the right of the search bar. When you have a particular state selected, you are searching across the state trial courts of that state.
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- Click on the Dockets tab to review the results of your search, and click on any Docket that interests you.
- On the Docket page, you’ll see docket entries on the lower half of the page. If you see “View Document” or “View Tentative Ruling” buttons, clicking them will display the document/tentative ruling to you immediately, free of charge.
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