Case Details

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General

The Case Details page allows users to change the case name, add Case Keywords (i.e. Persistent Highlighting), add other case-specific information such as Case Number, Venue, Lead Attorney, etc.

Editing Case Details

To edit the information visible on the Case Details page, users must click the edit icon from the Main Case Display upon login as shown in the image below (Fig. 1).

Field Descriptions

Case Name

This is the title of the case. This field is limited to 256 characters.

Case Id

This is a read-only four digit number assigned automatically when the case is created. This can help with uniquely identifying the case.

Case Number

General purpose field. This field can contain both text and numbers up to 256 characters.

Case Type

General purpose field. This field can contain both text and numbers up to 256 characters.

Venue

General purpose field. This field can contain both text and numbers up to 256 characters.

Lead Attorney

General purpose field. This field can contain both text and numbers up to 256 characters.

Trier of Fact

General purpose field. This field can contain both text and numbers up to 256 characters.

Comments

General purpose field. This field can contain both text and numbers up to 1024 characters.

Custom Designation

This is a default value for the Custom Designation field in any new production (Production Job page). The field can contain up to 256 characters, but should be limited, if possible, to around 50 characters to ensure that it will print correctly as part of a production. It is printed on the lower right of a page to the left of the Bates stamp.

Case Keywords

Enter multiple search terms which will persistently highlighted in the TEXT tab of the Document Viewer. Click Here to learn more about Case Keywords.

Case Keywords

To learn more about persistent highlighting in Lexbe, see our technical note on Case Keywords.

Creating Custom Tags for Cases

It is possible to add an unlimited number of Custom Case Fields which will be displayed on this page as well. See Manage Custom Case Fields for more information.