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Judicial Branch Resources
Background Information | Supreme Court | Other Federal Courts | Comprehensive Judicial Websites
- Web Guide to U.S. Supreme Court Research (LLRX.com)
- Official Supreme Court Homepage
- Access dockets, opinions, transcripts of oral arguments and more.
- About the U.S. Supreme Court
- From the Cornell Legal Information Institute.
- Provides information on the Court's establishment, authority, jurisdiction, organization and rules.
- About the Supreme Court
- From the official Supreme Court website.
- Opinions
- LexisNexis Academic (1790-Present) Please note that because this is a subscription database, it is available only to GVSU students, faculty and staff.
- After entering the database click on the Legal Research on the top left of the page.
- Scroll down to Case Law and click on Federal Case Law.
- Make sure the court selected is the Supreme Court and then select the date range you wish to search.
- You can now enter the terms you wish to search for.
- Findlaw (1893-Present)
- Fedworld (1937-1975)
- GPO Access (1937-1975)
- Westlaw (1944-Present) Please note that because this is a subscription database, it is available only to GVSU students, faculty and staff. Also, this database (unlike many others) may only be used on campus.
- Cornell LII (1991-Present)
- Also includes 631 selected historic cases such as Roe v. Wade and Brown v. Board of Education.
- You can also go to the LII Supreme Court page and browse decisions by topic, author, or party.
- GPO Access (1992-2000)
- U.S. Supreme Court (2001-Present)
- Oral Arguments
- Oyez: Supreme Court Multimedia (1995-Present)
- This project contains over 2000 hours of audio recordings of Supreme Court oral arguments. All recorded arguments since 1995 are included, as well as selected arguments prior to 1995.
- Requires use of free Real Player to listen to most cases, although some cases are now being converted into MP3 files that can be downloaded.
- U.S. Supreme Court (2000-Present)
- Arguments are generally posted 10-15 days following the close of the argument session.
- Biographical Information
- Biographical Directory of Federal Judges
- From the Federal Judiciary Center
- "Contains the service record and 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."
- Biographies of Current Justices
- From official U.S. Supreme Court site
- U.S. Supreme Court Justices
- From Oyez U.S. Supreme Court Multimedia.
- Extensive information on all Supreme Court justices going back to 1789 including biographical information, pictures of the justice, information on cases decided, and links to opinions written by the justice.
- U.S. Courts
- Official website of U.S. Court System
- Contains information on rules of practice, procedure, and evidence, links to U.S. Court of Appeals sites, District Courts, Bankruptcy Courts, the Supreme Court, and more.
- Federal Courts Finder
- From Emory University
- Find which Federal Courts have jurisdiction over each state.
- Federal Court Locator
- From Villanova University
- Find links to all levels of Federal Courts. District Courts are arranged by state.
- U.S. Court of Appeals
- From the Law Library of Congress
- Provides links to the Courts' websites, as well as links to official and alternative sites containing the Courts' opinions.
- District Courts and Bankruptcy Courts
- From the Cornell Legal Information Institute
- Links to Courts and opinions arranged by district and by state.
- Special Jurisdiction Courts
- From the Law Library of Congress
- LexisNexis Academic
- Search for decisions from U.S. Courts of Appeal, District Courts, and other special jurisdiction courts. District Court cases go back to 1789, but the overall coverage varies from court to court.
- Please note that because this is a subscription database, it is available only to GVSU students, faculty and staff.
- Westlaw
- Search for "cases from the U.S. Supreme Court, courts of appeals, district courts, bankruptcy courts, Court of Federal Claims, Tax Court, military courts, and related federal and territorial courts."
- Please note that because this is a subscription database, it is available only to GVSU students, faculty and staff. Also, this database (unlike many others) may only be used on campus.
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