12. The method of claim 5 , wherein the step of displaying the legal case history further includes automatically positioning the graphical representation of the parent case and the graphical representations of the related cases in the graphical flow-chart format according to a set of rules.
12. The method of claim 5 , wherein the step of displaying the legal case history further includes automatically positioning the graphical representation of the parent case and the graphical representations of the related cases in the graphical flow-chart format according to a set of rules. 16. The method of claim 12 , wherein the set of rules includes the following rule: when the parent case has more than one child case, the graphical representations of each child case will be positioned by date of decision, with the earliest child on the left and the latest child on the right.