Legal Research Links - Federal Courts
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US Supreme Court
- U.S. Supreme Court web site.
- U.S. Supreme Court Decisions from 1990 to the present; indexed by topic, keyword, or party names.
- Supreme Court Decisions on the FindLaw site.
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The Supreme Court Database is a source for researchers, students, journalists, and citizens. The Database contains over two hundred pieces of information about each case decided by the Court between the 1953 and 2008 terms; includes the identity of the court whose decision the Supreme Court reviewed, the parties to the suit, the legal provisions considered in the case, and the votes of the Justices.
- The Curiae Project based at Yale University's Law School provides Supreme Court records and briefs and other relevant materials. Cases are selected for the site based on a ranking developed from citation data in historical and constitutional texts.
- Historic Supreme Court Decisions of selected landmark cases.
- FedWorld/FLITE Supreme Court Decisions file consists of over 7000 Supreme Court opinions dating from 1937 through 1975, from volumes 300 through 422 of U.S. Reports.
- US Supreme Court Center offers cases back to 1791.
- GPO Access has a database of Supreme Court opinions.
- The Senate Committee on the Judiciary: Supreme Court Nomination Hearings on GPO Access
- Sonia Sotomayor: information on President Obama's Supreme Court Justice nominee. Includes Articles/Books By, Congressional Documents, Cases, and Web Resources.
- Cases at a Glance offers an advance look at the issues raised in every case slated for oral argument in the US Supreme Court.
Circuit Courts
- US Court of Appeals Opinions for the Federal, 1st, 4th, 6th, and 11th circuits.
- US Court of Appeals Opinions for the 2nd circuit.
- US Court of Appeals Opinions for the 3rd circuit.
- Opinions for the 5th circuit.
- US Court of Appeals Opinions for the 7th circuit.
- Opinions from the 8th circuit.
- US Court of Appeals Opinions for the 9th circuit.
- Opinions for the 10th circuit since October 1997.
- Circuit Watcher provides access to daily opinions from the US Courts of Appeal.
- Search opinions from any/all Circuit Courts at this site.
Other Federal Courts
- National Drug Court Institute
- Tribal Court Clearinghouse providing information to people working in Native American tribal courts.
- U.S. Court of Federal Claims information and published opinions and orders.
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces recent opinions as well as general information about the court.
- U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims annual reports, forms, fee schedule, court rules and procedures, and a searchable database of case opinions.
US District Courts
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Court Rules
- Federal Supreme Court Rules.
- Federal Rules of Evidence on the Cornell site
- Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and latest amendments sent to Congress 4/12/06.
- Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure in SHTML at The University of Kansas.
- Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure at Cornell.
- Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure in PDF on the House Judiciary committee site.
Federal Court Indexes
- Federal Judiciary Homepage.
- Finding Court Opinions On The Web serves as a gateway to resources on Supreme, circuit, district, and state court links. (not working 9/20/09)
- FreeCourtDockets.com was built by Courtport, LLC with the purpose of allowing anyone to obtain federal court dockets free of charge. Access all federal district civil, criminal, and bankruptcy courts, as well as the U.S. Supreme Court, Federal Court of Claims, and the Court of International Trade.
- History of the Federal Judiciary.
- Judges of the U.S. Courts contains the service record and brief biographical information for all judges who have served on the U.S. District Courts, U.S. Circuit Courts, U.S. Courts of Appeals, and the Supreme Court since 1789.
- Justia is a "current awareness" listing of new Federal District Court civil case filings; searchable and browsable.
- Justice Department.
- Federal Courts Finder provided by the Emory Law Library.
- LLRX Court Rules, Forms, and Dockets.
- LII's Eye on the Courts links to high profile appellate cases and background material as available.
- Internet Legal Resources Guide provides a searchable database for Federal and State Courts.
- Understanding the Federal Courts.
