Transcript Key Number Digests

Key Number Digests
Key Numbers and Key Number Digests
• West’s Key Number Digests are the research link between
key numbers and the National Reporter System cases.
• The digests contain the headnotes (digest paragraphs) and
their corresponding topic and key numbers from every case
in the National Reporter System.
• The headnotes (digest paragraphs) are
organized alphabetically by topic and then
numerically by key number.
• This is a page from the
Minnesota Digest.
• Listed are all the
headnotes (digest
paragraphs) from
Minnesota cases that
discuss the points of law
assigned to specific key
numbers 8(2), 9, and 12
under the topic of
Abatement and Revival.
Digest sets include
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State digests
Regional digests
Federal Practice Digest
Specialty subjects, such as Bankruptcy, Military Justice,
Federal Claims,and Education Law digests
• Decennial digests, which contain all headnotes from cases for
each 10-year period beginning with 1897
• The Century Digest, which contains headnotes from cases
from 1658 to 1896
Each digest set spans many volumes and is organized first
alphabetically by the more than 400 topics in the Key
Number System, then numerically by key number.
Headnote (Digest) Databases
The identifiers of the headnote databases include the
suffix HN, e.g., MN-CS-HN, ALLFEDS-HN.
Federal headnote (or digest)
databases on Westlaw
State headnote (or digest)
databases on Westlaw
Question
The Key Number Digests contain
1. The synopsis from each case in the National Reporter
System
2. Headnotes from cases in the National Reporter
System, organized by date of case
3. Citations to the full case
4. None of the above
Question
The Key Number Digests contain;
1. The synopsis from each case in the National Reporter
System
2. Headnotes from cases in the National Reporter
System, organized by date of case
3. Citations to the full case
4. None of the above