Journal of search for 1900-1909 cases
Updated: 08/24
Cases in 1909, 1908, and 1907 are completed

08/31: All cases 1900-1909 retrived from Lexis and Westlaw and uploaded to ecpclio.

08/24: Began working on discrepancies involving Baltimore City v. Rowe, 107 Md. 704, 67 A. 93 (1907).  Case is found on Westlaw, although the opinion is not derived from the Maryland Reports (which lists the case only in a brief note).  Lexis cannot find the case at all, whether from a general search or from a citation. It also lists a different case at the same Atlantic Reports page as the case found on Westlaw. The original Maryland Reports will be scanned, and the Atlantic needs to be checked.

08/23: Problems with Westlaw-the same search string used on Friday only returns 57 results. Contacted Westlaw live online help, was advised that there was a programming problem with password.  An email will be sent to Ed (as account holder) and Owen when the problem is resolved. The list of Westlaw search results was downloaded on Friday, and contains 85 results.

Primary search terms used for Westlaw
Searched in Maryland State & Federal Cases
Search string used was: MD-CS-ALL TI(MAYOR & CITY COUNCIL & BALTIMORE)
& DA(AFT 1899 & BEF 1/1/1910)
Returned 85 cases
Other permutations of search terms were used and obtained similar results, though not as comprehensive.
Search performed for names of mayors of Baltimore, 1900-1909: Thomas G. Hayes (no new results), Robert M. McLane (1 new result), E. Clay Timanus (no new results), J. Barry Mahool (no new results).

Westlaw Search Result Citation List

Primary search terms used for Lexis
Searched in
Search string used was: NAME (baltimore and mayor and "city council"), restricted to date range of 01/01/1900 to 12/31/1909
Returned 79 cases
Discrepancy in number of cases returned in Westlaw versus Lexis partially because Westlaw returned one or more cases in which the mayor was cited by name (i.e. listed as a party in the case as "J. Barry Mahool"). Additional discrepancies related to how the two databases classified motions filed for cases, and the extent to which they returned federal cases.
Other permutations of search terms were used and obtained similar results, though not as comprehensive.  The two databases can be used to check against each other, so that when one misses a case, the other finds it.
Search performed for names of mayors of Baltimore, 1900-1909: Thomas G. Hayes (no new results), Robert M. McLane (1 new result), E. Clay Timanus (no new results), J. Barry Mahool (no new results).

Lexis Search Result Citation List