Comparison


Comparison of Case-Summary Resources for Arkansas Attorneys
  All cases from:

Arkansas Appellate Courts
8th Circuit Court of Appeals U.S. Supreme Court Per Curiam Decisions Detailed Summaries Emailed to You Searchable Online Sent via U.S. Mail Price
Arkansas Case Reports X X X X X PDF X   $110/year
Arkansas Court Bulletin1 X       X     X $209/year
LexisNexis® Electronic Advance Sheets2 X X X     HTML     $198/year
Arkansas Bar Association3         X   X   Free

Prices listed for Arkansas Court Bulletin and Lexis Electronic Advance Sheets are those published on their respective websites as of February, 2008.

1 The Arkansas Court Bulletin summarizes only select 8th Circuit cases and per curiam decisions.

2 LexisNexis® Electronic Advance Sheets have the broadest scope, providing summaries from numerous courts, but the summaries are brief and provide only a cursory overview of the facts and law.

3 The free case summaries touted as a benefit by the Arkansas Bar Association are extremely limited: only the most 'significant' cases are summarized (as chosen by the individual that creates the summaries), which, for any given week, is a small fraction of the published decisions. They are available only to members of the Arkansas Bar Association, and are searchable using VersusLaw.