To browse Oklahoma appellate-level cases on The Oklahoma State Courts Network (OSCN), go to OSCN and click on the Decisions tab along the top. The decisions of the Supreme Court of Oklahoma, Court of Criminal Appeals, and the Court of Civil Appeals are divided into recent decisions (past 30, 60, and 90 days) or there is an option to "View by Year" for each court.
From the latter option, you can also search case law for a specific court. To search case law from all three appellate courts at once, follow these steps:
1. Go to the Advanced Search screen.
2. Enter your search terms in Section 1 (search tips are available here).
3. Complete fields and checkboxes in Sections 2 and 3 as needed.
4. Very Important: In Section 4, select the courts you want to search.
How to search for cases from Oklahoma and all jurisdictions on Westlaw:
Using the KeyNumber system, you can quickly search for cases from Oklahoma and all jurisdictions. The Municipal Corporations KeyNumber is 268, and it is divided into 17 parts that lay out the different types of municipal incorporation, as well as the powers and functions of the local government.
Lexis Advance also has resources on municipal law. To search municipal law resources, follow these steps:
1. Go to Lexis Advance.
2. Click on Browse.
3. Click on Topics.
4. Click on Governments.
5. Click on Local Governments
You can also browse sources of municipal law on Lexis Advance.
This is available on Westlaw. Description from Svengalis: "Drawing upon the vast Westlaw database, this comprehensive digest consists of annotations to court decisions which have interpreted local ordinances. Annotations are grouped under broad, alphabetically arranged subject headings which are then sub-divided into specific subtopics. The coverage is national in scope, allowing the researcher to locate cases from across the country which have addressed a particular issue."
