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The United States Judicial Branch/Legal Resources


The Supreme Court
U.S. District Courts of Appeal
State Courts
Legal Codes
Other Legal Resources


The Supreme Court

The Supreme Court Collection (from Cornell University's Legal Information Institute)
"The Legal Information Institute offers Supreme Court opinions under the auspices of Project Hermes, the court's electronic-dissemination project. This archive contains (or will soon contain) all opinions of the court issued since May of 1990." Site includes links to sources of pre-1990 cases, as well as other information about the Supreme Court.

Supreme Court Decisions 1937-1975 (From FedWorld and the Air Force's FLITE database)
"Contains 7,407 Decisions from volumes 300 through 422 of US Reports." Searchable by case and keyword.

U.S. Supreme Court Opinions (From FindLaw)
"FindLaw's 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."

The U.S. District Courts of Appeal

Circuit Courts of Appeal (From the U.S. Courts: Federal Judiciary Homepage)
Provides links to available circuit court webpages and other courts. Also includes links to other judicial sites of interest.

Decisions of the Circuit Courts of Appeal (From Cornell Law School's Legal Information Institute.)


State Courts

State Courts (From Cornell Law School's Legal Information Institute.)

State Legal Research (From Lexis-Nexis Academic - UW RESTRICTED)
Click on "Legal Research." Includes states' case law, code, constitutions, and court rule information.

State and Territorial Laws (From the GSA's FedLaw page.)
"Besides links to state and territorial laws, state judiciaries, state government, and other resources such as the State Bar Association, relevant Federal laws relating to a certain state are included under the state listing. Most of these laws are environmental, wildlife protection, or relating to specific tribes of Native Americans."


Legal Codes

The United States Code - from the House of Representatives' Office of the Law Revision Council
(See About the Office and the U.S. Code database for coverage dates.) The database includes all official U.S. Code notes and appendices, as well as the Table of Popular Names.

The United States Code - from the Government Printing Office
Provides access to the U.S. Code using the GPO interface.

Lexis-Nexis Legal Research (From Lexis-Nexis Academic - UW Restricted)
Includes the U.S. Code, Statutes at Large, state legal codes and constitutions.

Other Legal Resources

Internet Legal Resources (From the UW's Gallagher Law Library)
"The following sites provide legal information and materials (including laws, bills, court opinions, and related documents) and/or links to legal material. Only the most important Washington State and U.S. sites have been selected." Also includes links to Foreign and International Legal Indexing Sites, and General Legal Indexes and Search Engines.

Lexis-Nexis Legal Research (From Lexis-Nexis Academic - UW Restricted)
Includes legal news, law reviews, federal case law, the U.S. Code, court rules, state legal research information, and more.

U.S. Courts: The Federal Judiciary Homepage
"This page is maintained by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts on behalf of the U.S. Courts. The purpose of this site is to function as a clearinghouse for information from and about the Judicial Branch of the U.S. Government."

The U.S. Department of Justice

The Legal Information Institute (From Cornell Law School)
Its purposes include "To carry out applied research on the use of digital information technology in the distribution of legal information, the delivery of legal education, and the practice of law."

Guide to Law Online (From the U.S. Law Library of Congress)
"The Guide to Law Online, prepared by the U.S. Law Library of Congress for the Global Legal Information Network (GLIN), is an annotated hypertext guide to sources of information worldwide on government and law available online without charge." Includes a United States Guide as well as international law guides. This is a very extensive site.

FedLaw
"FedLaw was developed to see if legal resources on the Internet could be a useful and cost-effective research tool for Federal lawyers and other Federal employees."

FindLaw
An extensive search engine and portal devoted to legal topics and isses.

The Law Library Resource Xchange
"Law Library Resource Xchange (LLRX) is a unique Webzine with a special focus on research, management and technology topics for legal professionals. There is no subscription fee for our site, which is updated on the 1st and 15th of each month. Each digital issue features articles, departments and columns with up-to-date information written by expert law librarians, attorneys, information technology specialists and legal technology consultants."

The Federal Judicial Center
"The Federal Judicial Center is the research and education agency of the federal judicial system."

Hieros Gamos: The Comprehensive Legal and Government Portal

General Information on the Judicial Branch (From Project Vote Smart)

Understanding the Federal Courts (pdf file)
From U.S. Courts: The Federal Judiciary Homepage

History & Guide to the U.S. Courts (From the Office of the Court Executive, U.S. Courts for the Ninth Circuit)

The Internet Law Library
Formerly the House of Representatives Internet Law Library. Includes resources for state, U.S. and international law, as well as treaties, law review, law schools, and more. Availabe from LawGuru.com. Note: This resource is available through other websites as well.

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