1. A computer-implemented method for graphically displaying legal case histories, the method comprising the steps of: receiving a request from a client access device for a legal case history; using a processor to search a database based on the request and to retrieve the requested legal case history from the database; 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.
1. A computer-implemented method for graphically displaying legal case histories, the method comprising the steps of: receiving a request from a client access device for a legal case history; using a processor to search a database based on the request and to retrieve the requested legal case history from the database; 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. 6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the step of displaying the legal case history further comprises displaying a case validity indicator adjacent to each graphical representation in the graphical flow chart.