How to Find:
CASES BY NAME

LexisNexis Academic 
Click on Legal tab in the red band at top of page. Click on Federal & State Cases under Legal Searches in column on right. Enter the name of plaintiff and the defendant in the Case Name boxes and click Search. 

Tables of Cases in the American Digest System
KF 141 1897 (5th floor, shelf numbers 30 and 31)
For cases decided between 1658 and 1906, there is a 5-volume Table of Cases. From 1907-1996, there are Tables of Cases for each 10 year period.  From 1976-present, there are Tables of Cases for every 5 years.  There are also Defendant-Plaintiff Tables from 1976-present.

Shepard's Acts and Cases by Popular Name
Ref. Desk KF 90 S5
Sometimes cases are referred to by a "popular name", e.g. the Dred Scott decision rather than the actual name of the case. Shepard's Acts and Cases by Popular Name provides citations to federal and state cases listed alphabetically by "popular name".

Search Engines
If you know the name of a case, it's sometimes possible to find it via an Internet search engine, e.g. Google, AltaVista, Lycos. Use parentheses around the case name, e.g. "Swann v. Charlotte Mecklenburg Board of Education".