5. The method of claim 1 wherein the indicating step includes displaying the legal case history on an output device 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.
9. The method of claim 5 , further comprising positioning the graphical representations within one of a plurality of designated court-level zones, with each court-level zone representing a tier of a court system.