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When you have finished analyzing the materials in a court case file, make note of the dates of any significant court action. Then search local newspapers for possible mention of the case around those dates. The court record may only give part of the story and may not provide any background information at all. What is in the newspaper may be unsubstantiated, but it may give you a different perspective than what was in the court record. Even if the newspapers can be searched digitally, a manual search may still be necessary as digital searches do not necessarily locate every reference.