Most times, when people walk into my law library, they are looking for the case or code that will help them win. Funny thing, then, when I had this guy come into my library. Seems he had filed a case and, having lost, was taking his case before the Federal Appellate Court. His problem was that, as he quickly admitted, he didn't have a very good case so he wasn't looking to win so much as it was to save face. Knowing his case didn't have a strong legal foundation, he felt that (maybe, hopefully) the court could be swayed with a silver tongue so I lead him over to Winning on Appeal: better briefs and oral argument (NITA), and Briefing and Arguing Federal Appeals (Hein). In no time at all he was off and running developing a winning argument as well as tightening up his (already sizable) appellate brief.
While I can't always guarantee a win in court if you use the resources your local county law Librarian suggests, I can guarantee you'll lose if you don't at least look.
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