1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform operations comprising: searching electronically stored legal documents to identify instances where one or more of the stored legal documents contain a predetermined case law citation; scanning one or more of the stored legal documents containing an identified predetermined case law citation to identify stems of certain words; analyzing the identified stems of certain words using a plurality of heuristic rules to determine if one or more of the stems of certain words provide a negative legal treatment regarding the predetermined case law citation; and determining that a negative legal depth-of-treatment symbol is to be displayed on a user computer based on the analysis of the identified citation instances.
1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform operations comprising: searching electronically stored legal documents to identify instances where one or more of the stored legal documents contain a predetermined case law citation; scanning one or more of the stored legal documents containing an identified predetermined case law citation to identify stems of certain words; analyzing the identified stems of certain words using a plurality of heuristic rules to determine if one or more of the stems of certain words provide a negative legal treatment regarding the predetermined case law citation; and determining that a negative legal depth-of-treatment symbol is to be displayed on a user computer based on the analysis of the identified citation instances. 2. The non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions as recited in claim 1 wherein the legal depth-of-treatment symbol is a colored symbol.