The legal definition of Shepardizing is 13 steps.
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If you cite a case in support of a legal argument, you must check to see if the authority has changed as a result of recent decisions."Shepardizing" is the process by which one decides if a case is still good law.Frank Shepard was a 19th century legal publisher who developed a system for cataloging citations to specific cases.This process used to require a thorough review of published volumes and supplements in order to find references to a single case.Most lawyers and law students prefer the ease of Shepardizing their cases through online subscription-based databases.