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U.S. Federal Law Sources—Judicial
U.S. Supreme Court
- United States Supreme Court
- Docket (1999 Term to present; pdf)
- Oral Arguments (Transcripts) (Calendars) (Day Calls) (2000 Term to present; pdf)
- Slip Opinions (Sliplists) (Counsel Listings) (2001 Term to present; pdf)
- United States Reports Bound Volumes (502 to 539 U.S., 1991-2002; pdf)
- Case Citation Finder (1 Dall., 1790 to present)
- Dates of Early Supreme Court Decisions (2 Dall. to 107 U.S.)
- Rules of the Supreme Court (pdf)
- Circuit Assignments of Justices (Circuit Map) (pdf)
- Biographies of Current Members of the Supreme Court (pdf)
- Members of the Supreme Court (1789 to present; pdf)
U.S. Supreme Court Nominations
- Supreme Court Nominations (U.S. Senate, present to 1789; chart depicting nominating President, nominee, Justice to be replaced, date of nomination, and confirmation vote, result and result date)
- The Supreme Court of the United States: hearings and reports on successful and unsuccessful nominations of Supreme Court Justices by the Senate Judiciary Committee compiled by Roy M. Mersky and J. Myron Jacobstein (Reading Room KF 8744 .J8 1977x) (Justice Brandeis, 1916 to the present)
- Supreme Court Nominations (Library of Congress; Abe Fortas and Homer Thornberry, 1968 to the present; includes successful and unsuccessful nominations; includes Senate floor debates while in Executive Session, votes, hearing transcripts and Senate statements made about the nominees outside of Executive Session)
- Senate Committee on the Judiciary: Supreme Court Nomination Hearings (GPO, Justices Rehnquist and Powell, 1971 to present; includes only successful nominations)
- U.S. Supreme Court Nominations (Georgetown Law Library research guide)
Selected Sources of U.S. Supreme Court Opinions, Briefs & Arguments
- Cornell LII: Supreme Court Collection (1990, 497 U.S. to present, plus 600+ major historical opinions; browse by title or topic or search by syllabus or full text; also includes information on the court including the current court calendar, schedule of oral arguments and summary of questions presented)
- FindLaw: Supreme Court Opinions (1893, 150 U.S. to present; browse by year or U.S. Reports volume number or search by citation, title or full text)
- U.S. Supreme Court Center (Justia.com; 1 U.S. to present; search by citation, by party name(s) or by keyword or phrase; browse by volume or year; includes links to blogs on the Supreme Court and Constitutional Rights)
- FLITE Supreme Court Decisions (1937, 300 U.S. to 1975, 422 U.S.; search by case name or keyword)
- The Oyez Project Northwestern University (Selected leading constitutional law cases; search by docket, title, citation, subject or date; includes recordings of oral arguments for some cases)
- USSC+ (Fee based but free services include cases from the current term, a database of the top 1,000 cases and a free email update service of recent decisions)
- Finding Records and Briefs (Harvard Law School Library)
U.S. Courts of Appeals
- 1st Circuit Court of Appeals
- 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals
- 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals
- 4th Circuit Court of Appeals
- 5th Circuit Court of Appeals
- 6th Circuit Court of Appeals
- 7th Circuit Court of Appeals
- 8th Circuit Court of Appeals
- 9th Circuit Court of Appeals
- 10th Circuit Court of Appeals
- 11th Circuit Court of Appeals
- D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals
- Federal Circuit Court of Appeals
Directories of Federal Courts & Opinions
- Cornell LII: Federal Judicial Opinions
- Federal Judiciary Court Links
- FindLaw: Court of Appeals Opinions
- FindLaw: Federal Judiciary
- LSU: Judicial Branch
- Finding Records and Briefs (Harvard Law School Library)
U.S. Federal Court Information
- Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts (About the U.S. Courts) (Publications)
- Federal Judicial Center (Publications)
- PACER Service Center (Manual) (Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts; federal case & docket information; fee-based, account registration required)
- U.S. Sentencing Commission (Publications) (Federal Sentencing Statistics)
- History of the Federal Judiciary (Landmark Legislation) (Federal Judicial Center)
- Judges of the United States Courts Biographical Database (Federal Judicial Center, 1789 to present)
- Judicial Business of the United States Courts (Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts; provides detailed statistical data including caseloads on the federal courts, annual reports from 1997 to present; pdf)
- Understanding the Federal Courts (Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts; pdf)
- Judicial Nominations (Yale Law School Library)
- Supreme Court Historical Society
U.S. Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure, Civil Procedure, Criminal Procedure & Evidence
- Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure (House Judiciary Committee, December 31, 2004, PDF)
- Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (House Judiciary Committee, December 31, 2004, PDF)
- Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (Cornell LII) (as amended to December 1, 2002)
- Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure (House Judiciary Committee, December 31, 2004, PDF)
- Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure (U. of Kansas) (as amended to December 1, 2003)
- Federal Rules of Evidence (House Judiciary Committee, December 31, 2004, PDF)
- Federal Rules of Evidence (Cornell LII)
- Federal Rulemaking (Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts)
Selected Sources of Legal Ethics & Court Rules
- ABA Center for Professional Responsibility
- Cornell LII: American Legal Ethics Library
- LegalEthics.com
- LLRX: Court Rules, Forms and Dockets
Compiled and edited by Michael Jimenez.