2. A computer system for graphically displaying legal case histories, the system comprising: a server computer having a processor and interfacing with a database; a client access device interfacing with the server computer; and an output device interfacing with server computer; wherein the server computer is configured to receive a request for a legal case history from the client access device; wherein the processor is configured to search the database based on the request and to retrieve the requested legal case history from the database; and wherein the output device is configured to display the legal case history in a graphical flow-chart format, wherein the graphical flow-chart format includes a graphical representation of a parent case and a graphical representation of at least one related case, the graphical representation of the parent case being visually connected to the graphical representation of the related case by a visual indicator, the graphical representations of the parent case and at least one related case being positioned to illustrate the relationship between the cases.
12. The system of claim 2 , wherein the output device is configured to automatically position the graphical representation of the parent case and the graphical representation of the related cases in the graphical flow-chart format according to a set of rules.