Judiciary
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Supreme Court
Supreme Court of the United States Official web site.
Whos Who on the Supreme Court A gallery of the current justices, including pictures, biographies, and lists of decisions by the current members of the Court via Cornell Law School.
Who Was Who on the Supreme Court A gallery of former justices, including biographies of all former members of the Court via Cornell Law School.
Rules of the Court Supreme Court's rules, and information about the court's organization, authority, and jurisdiction.
Supreme Court Decisions
Lexis Nexis Academic Supreme Court cases, briefs and previews: Full text opinions of all Supreme Court cases since 1790. Also included are all dispositions of cases that were appealed to the Supreme Court; working papers of the actual parties to the litigation as well as other interested parties, which are filed with the Supreme Court before the case is argued; and advance analysis by legal experts of the issues, facts and significance of each case being argued before the Supreme Court. Click on "Legal Research," then on "Federal Case Law."
BriefBank a free, community-supported resource that collects and redistributes briefs in the area of law, technology, and public policy. Briefs are generously donated by legal scholars and partner organizations.
FindLaw Supreme Court Briefs 1999 - present. A helpful site that collects legal briefs which summarize the facts of a case as well as the legal reasoning behind the arguments.
Supreme Court Decisions, 1991 - present For the latest decisions, choose the link "Term Opinions" for the year you want. For earlier opinions, choose the link "Bound Volumes" to see a menu for U.S. Reports going back to 1991.
Supreme Court Decisions, 1893 + A searchable database of the Supreme Court decisions since 1893 (U.S. Supreme Court Decisions: US Reports 150-, 1893-). Browsable by year and US Reports volume number and searchable by citation, case title and full text.
Supreme Court Decisions 1937 - 1975 Search by full-text, case name, or citation via GPO Gate.
Supreme Court Decisions in paper
The United States Reports are in the SS&H Library U.S. Docs Stacks. The first 90 decisions of the volumes in U.S. Reports are cited by the name of the individual reports. The early reporters, their nominative and U.S. Reports citations, and dates of coverage are as follows:
| Reporter | Nominative Cit. | U.S. Reports Cit. | Terms | Call Number |
| A.J. Dallas | 1-4 Dall. | 1-4 U.S. | 1790-1800 | JU 6.8: |
| William Cranch | 1-9 Cranch | 5-13 U.S. | 1801-1815 | JU 6.8: |
| Henry Wheaton | 1-12 Wheat. | 14-25 U.S. | 1816-1827 | JU 6.8: |
| Richard Peters | 1-16 Pet. | 26-41 U.S. | 1828-1842 | JU 6.8: |
| Benjamin C. Howard | 1-24 How. | 42-65 U.S. | 1843-1860 | JU 6.8: |
| J.S. Black | 1-2 Black | 66-67 U.S. | 1861-1862 | JU 6.8: |
| John William Wallace | 1-23 Wall. | 68-90 U.S. | 1863-1874 | JU 6.8: |
| United States Reports | N/A | 91-(present) U.S. | 1875-present | JU 6.8: |
Electronic Resources & Finding Aids
The Federal Judiciary A clearinghouse for information from and about the Judicial Branch of the U.S. Government.
Understanding the Federal Courts This document provides an overview of the organization, operation, and administration of the entire federal court system. It lists the location and number of judges who sit on each court. It also contains charts showing the structure of the federal court system and the path a case takes as it works its way through this system. Also included is a helpful glossary of terms, many of which are used in this document.
FedLaw A select group of references of particular use to those persons doing Federal legal research including regulatory law.
RefLaw: The Virtual Law Library Reference Desk The purpose of REFLAW is to provide access to legal reference information available on the Internet.
Lectric Law Library Numerous legal research guides, course/subject outlines, class tests and real-world info about legal education and being a lawyer.
Legal Information Institute This web site holds the Internet publications of the Legal Information Institute, a part of the Cornell Law School.
Internet Legal Resource Guide A categorized index of 3100 select web sites in 238 nations, islands, and territories. This site was established to serve as a comprehensive resource of the information available on the Internet concerning law and the legal profession, with an emphasis on the United States of America.
OYEZ : U.S. Supreme Court Multimedia OYEZ offers audio and/or transcripts of Supreme Court oral arguments and oral decisions. More than 2000 hours of audio are available (all audio recorded in the Court since 1995; selective collection prior to 1995). In addition to audio, there are links to the printed decisions, abstracts of the decisions, records of individual justice's votes on the decisions.
Resources for Constitutional Research
Constitution of the United States An annotated version of the Constitution and Amendments with references to Supreme Court Cases heard since 1992.
Constitution of the United States and the Bill of Rights Page images and text from the National Archives.
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