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From: bph@buengc.BU.EDU (Blair P. Houghton)
Newsgroups: news.misc
Subject: Re: U. S. Supreme Court Opinions On-Line - Can We Gateway?
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Date: 20 Aug 88 08:51:05 GMT
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In article <26092@think.UUCP> barmar@kulla.think.com.UUCP (Barry Margolin) writes:
>In article <859@buengc.BU.EDU> bph@buengc.bu.edu (Blair P. Houghton) writes:
>>It sounds like a great idea: online law libraries would allow instantaneous
>>subject and keyword searches.
>
>It's such a great idea that there already is at least one such
>service.  I think the name of the system is Lexus.

Close, it's Lexis.  And as soon as I read the kind letter from the
nice person whose kind letter I unfortunately have deleted, I slapped
my head.  I _do_ remember reading a few years ago about Lexis.

But can _we_ get into it?

				--Blair