Judicial Branch
1st Circuit US Court of Appeals
In 1st Circuit US Court of Appeals online, search opinions from 1995 through 2001. For more recent 1st Circuit Opinions, see the main website (http://www.ca1.uscourts.gov/opinions/main.php)
URL: http://www.law.emory.edu/1circuit/
2nd Circuit US Court of Appeals
The United States Court Of Appeals For The 2nd Circuit allows searches for opinions from 1995 through the present.
URL: http://www.ca2.uscourts.gov/
3rd Circuit US Court of Appeals
The Third Judicial Circuit allows access to general information including calenders, rules, and forms.
URL: http://www.ca3.uscourts.gov/
4th Circuit US Court of Appeals
The United States Court Of Appeals Fourth Circuit Opinions allows searches on opinions from 1995 through 2001.
For 1996 to the present Fourth Circuit Opinions, see their main website (http://pacer.ca4.uscourts.gov/opinions/opinion.php)
URL: http://www.law.emory.edu/4circuit/
5th Circuit US Court of Appeals
Search the 5th Circuit US Court of Appeals for current or archived opinions and have access to the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure.
URL: http://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/
5th Circuit US Court of Appeals Rules
The Fifth Circuit Rules And Internal Operating Procedures (IOP) site allows access the 5th Circuit's local rules.
URL: http://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/clerk/frap/frap_frame.htm
6th Circuit US Court of Appeals
The United States Court Of Appeals Sixth Circuit Opinions allows searches on opinions from 1995 through 2001.
For 1996 to the present Sixth Circuit Opinions, see their main website (http://www.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions/opinion.php)
URL: http://www.law.emory.edu/6circuit/
7th Circuit US Court of Appeals
http://www.ca7.uscourts.gov/
Opinions published from 1993 through the present.
9th Circuit US Court of Appeals
The 9th Circuit US Court of Appeals opinions published from 1995 through the present.
URL: http://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/opinions/
10th Circuit US Court of Appeals
The United States Court Of Appeals Tenth Circuit Opinions allows searches on opinions from 1995 through 1997.
For 1998 to the present Tenth Circuit Opinions, see the main website (http://ca10.washburnlaw.edu/)
URL: http://www.law.emory.edu/10circuit/
11th Circuit US Court of Appeals
The United States Court Of Appeals Eleventh Circuit Opinions allows searches on opinions from 1994 through 2003.
For 1998 to the present Eleventh Circuit Opinions, see the main website Find published and unpublished opinions. (http://www.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions/index.php)
URL: http://www.law.emory.edu/11circuit/
D.C. Circuit US Court of Appeals
The D.C. Circuit US Court of Appeals contains opinions published from 1995 through the present.
URL: http://www.ll.georgetown.edu/federal/judicial/dc/index.cfm
Federal Circuit US Court of Appeals
Find Federal Circuit US Court of Appeals opinions published from 1995 through 2001.
For 2002 through the present Federal Circuit opinions, see the main website. (http://www.cafc.uscourts.gov/dailylog.html)
URL: http://www.law.emory.edu/fedcircuit/
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces
A quaint, old school site, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces provides records such as scheduled hearings, appellate review, practice and procedure and other Army related data.
URL: http://www.armfor.uscourts.gov/
Federal Judiciary - Administrative Office of the US Courts
The Federal Judiciary is the learinghouse for information about US Federal Courts including news, press releases, publications, directories, long-range planning documents.
URL: http://www.uscourts.gov/
Federal Civil Trials
Cornell Law School publishes data from Federal Civil Trials (1978 - 1995) compiled over the course of seventeen years by the Administrative Office of the United States Courts and the Federal Judicial Center. Find here a statistical searchable database; excellent source for pure data.
URL: http://www.priweb.com/fedctcivdata.htm
Federal Judicial Center
At the Federal Judicial Center site, find information relating to publications and education programs, with links to court related sites.
URL: http://www.fjc.gov/
The National Center for State Courts
The National Center for State Courts (NCSC) is an independent, nonprofit organization dedicated to the improvement of justice. It was founded in 1971 at the urging of Chief Justice Warren E. Burger. NCSC accomplishes its mission by providing leadership and service to the state courts.
URL:http://www.ncsconline.org/
Recent US Supreme Court decisions (1990-present),
all federalCourts of Appeals (1992-present),
and all state appellate courts(1990s-present)
-fee based
Recent Federal and State Appellate Court opinions from Versus Law, dating back to 1950; Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure.
URL: http://www.versuslaw.com/
Supreme Court Decisions
Use Fedworld.gov site to search and view full text of Supreme Court Decisions which, as of this writing, contains the full text of 7,407 U.S. Supreme Court Decisions issued between 1937 and 1975.
URL: http://supcourt.ntis.gov/
Supreme Court Judicial Fellows Program
Founded by Chief Justice Warren Burger in 1973 the Supreme Court Fellows Program has enabled exceptionally talented people to contribute to the work of the Supreme Court of the U.S., the Federal Judicial Center, the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, and more recently the U.S. Sentencing Commission.
URL: http://www.fellows.supremecourtus.gov/index.php
Supreme Court via Findlaw (opinions since 1893)
Use Supreme Court via Findlaw to search Supreme Court opinions dating back to 1906.
URL: http://www.findlaw.com/
Supreme Court via LII at Cornell Law School (opinions since 1990 and selected historical decisions)
The Supreme Court Collection is designed to be a set of topic links accessed by searching the syllabi (case summaries) for related key terms.
URL: http://straylight.law.cornell.edu/supct/topiclist.html
Supreme Court via Oyez Oyez Oyez (Real Audio recordings of oral arguments)
Oyez (Supreme Court) contains a collection of U.S. Supreme Court Case Summaries, Oral Arguments and Multimedia.
URL: http://www.oyez.org/
United States Court of Federal Claims
The US Court of Federal Claims offers information on Court Scheduling, Electronic filing of cases, courtroom technology, as well as forms for complaints and other pertinent resources.
URL: http://www.uscfc.uscourts.gov/
United States Sentencing Commission
The US Sentencing Commission site provides news, guidelines and current activities from an agency responsible for sentencing policies and practices in the federal courts.
URL: http://www.ussc.gov/
United States Tax Court
The US Tax Court website posts immediate alerts on its main page, with links to resources such as press releases, taxpayer information, telephone numbers and many others.
URL: http://www.ustaxcourt.gov/
U.S. Bankruptcy Courts
[From the site US Bankruptcy Courts:] Each of the 94 federal judicial districts handles bankruptcy matters, and in almost all districts, bankruptcy cases are filed in the bankruptcy court. Bankruptcy cases cannot be filed in state court. Bankruptcy laws help people who can no longer pay their creditors get a fresh start by liquidating their assets to pay their debts, or by creating a repayment plan.
URL: http://www.uscourts.gov/bankruptcycourts.html
U.S. District Courts
[From the site US District Courts:] The United States district courts are the trial courts of the federal court system. Within limits set by Congress and the Constitution, the district courts have jurisdiction to hear nearly all categories of federal cases, including both civil and criminal matters. Every day hundreds of people across the nation are selected for jury duty and help decide some of these cases.
URL: http://www.uscourts.gov/districtcourts.html
US District Court Western District of Texas
The United States Office for the Western District of Texas provides professional and efficient service to the judicial officers served, as well as all persons having business with the court.
URL: http://www.txwd.uscourts.gov/
US District Court Southern District of Texas
The Southern District of Texas Courts website is a main resource for e-filing and other communications with the courts of the southern district of Texas.
URL: http://www.txs.uscourts.gov/
US District Court Eastern District of Texas
The Eastern District of Texas Courts website is a main resource for e-filing and other communications with the courts for the eastern district of Texas.
URL: http://www.txed.uscourts.gov/
US District Court Northern District of Texas
The Northern District of Texas Courts website is a main resource for e-filing and other communications with the courts of north Texas. Find court links, docket sheets, attorney info, filing procedures, forms and publications, local rules and practices, notable case, and more.
U.S. Supreme Courts
The Supreme Court of the United States offers information on dockets, arguments, briefs, admissions, and all public information.
URL: http://www.supremecourtus.gov/
US Supreme Court Decisions - Historic
The US Supreme Court Decisions website profides historic Supreme Court decisions by topic.
URL: http://straylight.law.cornell.edu/supct/cases/topic.htm
