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Federal Court Opinions and Directories

United States Supreme Court home page - includes court rules, case handling guides, opinions, and more. Most information is in .pdf format.

United States Supreme Court Decisions - from 1990 to the present. From Cornell's Legal Information Institute.

On the Docket - lists the U.S. Supreme Court's oral argument schedule, includes the "questions presented" for each case and transcripts of oral arguments.

Historical Supreme Court Decisions - over 600 of the most important historical decisions of the United States Supreme Court. From Cornell's Legal Information Institute.

Historical Supreme Court Decisions - by topic - From Cornell's Legal Information Institute.

Supreme Court Decisions 1937-1975 - over 7,000 decisions (volumes 300-422 of the United States Reports). Presented by the National Technical Information Service. Searchable by case name or key word.

Findlaw's Supreme Court Case Database - FindLaw's searchable database of the Supreme Court decisions since 1893 (US Supreme Court Decisions: US Reports 150-, 1893-). Browsable by year and US Reports volume number and searchable by citation, case title and full text.

Constitutional Law Center - also from Findlaw.com. Has links to scheduled cases, history and documents, hot topics and discussion boards.

Jurist's Guide to the Supreme Court - Supreme Court calendar, orders, procedure, news, and all sorts of other information about the Supreme Court.

Supreme Court Briefs - .pdf files of briefs for cases starting with the 1999-2000 Supreme Court term. From Findlaw.com.

Supreme Court Oral Arguments - RealAudio files of selected Supreme Court oral arguments, plus additional Supreme Court background information.

US Courts.gov - official websites of the US Supreme Court, US Courts of Appeals, US District Courts and US Bankruptcy Courts. Contains court information, forms and recent opinions.

Emory Law Library's Federal Courts Finder - links to decisions available on the web from all federal circuit courts of appeal.

Villanova Law Library's Federal Court Locator - links to decisions and opinions on all levels of federal courts.

Vacancies in the Federal Judiciary - from the Administrative Office of the US Courts, lists vacant federal judgeships, and nominees for the vacancies.

Federal Judicial Center - includes biographies of federal judges since 1789, histories of individual federal courts, and numerous research studies on federal court operations and procedures.

US Tax Court- contains opinions, forms, rules and other official information from the US Tax Court.