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Depth of Treatment Stars

uses depth of treatment stars to indicate the extent to which a citing document at your organization discusses the displayed Westlaw document.

Following is a description of the depth of treatment stars that applies to your organization's documents. The definitions and the number of citing references in the descriptions below are West km defaults; your administrator may have customized these for your organization.

Symbol

Definition

Description

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Examined

Your organization's document cites the Westlaw document 10 or more times.

***

Discussed

Your organization's document cites the Westlaw document 6–9 times.

**

Cited

Your organization's document cites the Westlaw document 2–5 times.

*

Mentioned

Your organization's document cites the Westlaw document 1 time.


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