ADVANCED SEARCH TIP: KeyCite for statutes: Citing references avalanche?

Thanks to KeyCite, it takes only a few seconds to identify a list of materials (e.g., cases, agency materials, regulations, and law review articles) citing a statute you find.

But what if there are 1,200 documents on Westlaw that cited that statute? How will you ever get through that list?

Here's how: Limit your KeyCite citing references to the most essential ones—the only ones you want to bother with—and save yourself hours of wasted effort.

For a statute, you can limit your KeyCite citing references by

document type
notes of decisions
Locate terms (any terms and connectors you specify)
jurisdiction
date

To limit your KeyCite citing references result, click Limit KeyCite Display at the bottom of the page. A KeyCite Limits page is displayed. To apply one of the restrictions available, click the appropriate arrow in the left frame and modify as desired. Click additional arrows to apply other restrictions, if desired. Click Apply to display the list of citing references with the restrictions you specified.

To cancel your restrictions and display all citing references, click Cancel Limits at the bottom of the KeyCite citing references result.