17. The system of claim 12 , wherein the set of rules includes the following rule: when the parent case has one or more related cases that are children to the parent case, and where the parent and child cases were decided in the same court, the graphical representation of the parent case is positioned to the left of the graphical representations of the child 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.