You can use the Advanced Search form to search for very specific legal fields, such as:
- Party Name - Finds all case party names
- Disposition - Finds the final court decision
- Attorney Name - Finds the names of the individuals, law firms and organizations representing the interested parties
- Judges - Finds the names of the judges hearing the case
- Opinion - Finds the full text of the majority opinion
- Dissent - Finds the full text of the dissenting opinion
To access these specific legal search fields for United States Cases:
- Click on the Legal tab in the top navigation menu.
- Select Cases from the lefthand navigation menu.

- Selecting Cases will open up to an Advanced Search form for Legal Cases. Scroll down to see all the Document Fields you can search. Type your keywords into the search bar next to the field/s you'd like to search.
- The Advanced Search page for Cases includes a link to Search Field Examples. This document will open up in a pop-up window and visually breaks down all of the legal fields that Nexis Uni searches for.
