Judicial Branch (Courts)

The Courts of the United States Federal Government including the Supreme Court, the Circuit Courts and the District Courts.

Resources in this category:

Court Forms
http://forms.lp.findlaw.com/

"FindLaw has compiled the Internet's most comprehensive court forms offering. At this site, visitors can access over 8,000 forms from United States federal and state courts for free from one easy-to-use location. The federal forms collection contains court forms for federal appellate, district and bankruptcy courts and the state forms collection contains court forms on topics ranging from adoption to divorce to civil harassment. All the forms are available in PDF format and are searchable by title or form number. FindLaw continually updates the site by adding new and revised forms."

Federal Courts Finder
http://www.law.emory.edu/caselaw/

Website maintained by Macmillan Law Library at Emory University Law School. Contains links to all Federal Circuit Courts and their past opinions from 1995 - present, searchable by keyword.

Federal Courts Law Review
http://www.fclr.org/content/fclr.htm

Articles are from scholars, judges and distinguished practitioners. The editorial board, composed primarily of United States Magistrate Judges and law school professors. Publication of the Federal Magistrate Judges Association

Federal Judicial Center
http://www.fjc.gov/

Has biographies about justices, historical and educational materials about the Supreme Court. Established by Congress in 1967.

The Federal Judiciary Homepage
http://www.uscourts.gov/

"The purpose of this site is to function as a clearinghouse for information from and about the Judicial Branch of the U.S. Government."

Federal Magistrates Judges Association
http://www.fedjudge.org/

Links and general information about the federal courts. Some content password-accessible only, for federal judges. Contains references to law reviews and articles.

FedLaw
http://www.thecre.com/fedlaw/default.htm

Menu-based guide to Internet sites related to United States laws and regulations and other legal resources. Part of the Center for Regulatory Effectiveness (CRE).

House Committee on the Judiciary
http://judiciary.house.gov/

"A standing Committee on the Judiciary was established by the House of Representatives on June 3, 1813 to consider legislation relating to judicial proceedings. Since then, the scope of the committee’s concern has expanded to include not only civil and criminal judicial proceedings and Federal courts and judges, but also issues relating to bankruptcy, espionage, terrorism, the protection of civil liberties, constitutional amendments, immigration and naturalization, interstate compacts, claims against the United States, national penitentiaries, Presidential succession, antitrust law, revision and codification of the statutes of the United States, state and territorial boundary lines and patents, copyrights and trademarks, commerce from unlawful restraints and monopolies, state and territory boundary lines."

Information Technology Initiatives
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"The Office of Justice Programs (OJP) Information Technology (IT) Initiatives Web site is an Internet-based resource that enables justice practitioners at all levels of government to access timely and useful information from information sharing and technology integration processes, initiatives, and technological developments. The Web site provides a wealth of helpful information, such as integration profiles for states, case studies, system descriptions and overviews, funding approaches, and models of integrated systems."

Journal of the Supreme Court
http://www.supremecourtus.gov/orders/journal.html

The official minutes of the Supreme Court, published chronologically each day the Court issues or orders an opinion.

Legal Information Institute
http://www.law.cornell.edu/

One of the aims of this project is "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." This content-rich site offers access to a variety of Web-based legal information, along with other products. Included are constitutions from around the world, state and federal court opinions, U.S. and international law, and legal directories.

LII/Legal Information Institute: Supreme Court Collection
http://straylight.law.cornell.edu/supct/

Lists United States Supreme Court decisions since 1990, which are searchable by topic, author, party name or date. The decisions are arranged chronologically. Also includes a selected collection of historic decisions (e.g. Roe v. Wade) and "information about the court itself" such as biographies of the justices and the Supreme Court's jurisdiction.

The Oyez Project
http://www.oyez.org/oyez/frontpage

"The OYEZ Project contains many hundreds of hours of audio materials..." and "...dozens of panoramic images of the Supreme Court Building. The Project provides abstracts and other materials for leading cases in constitutional law decided by the Supreme Court of the United States." Cases are searchable by citation, title, subject or date.

Public Access to Court Electronic Records (PACER)
http://pacer.psc.uscourts.gov/

The Federal Judiciary's centralized registration center. Provides electronic access to case and docket information for U.S. District, Bankruptcy and Appellate court records.

SCOTUSBlog
http://www.scotusblog.com/wp/

Blog from Goldstein & Howe, P.C., the only law firm in the United States that is principally devoted Supreme Court litigations. Provides expert analysis of recent federal and supreme court cases (SCOTUS being, of course, the Supreme Court Of The United States).

Senate Committee on the Judiciary
http://judiciary.senate.gov/

Areas of jurisdiction of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary include apportionment of Representatives, bankruptcy, mutiny, espionage, & counterfeiting, civil liberties, constitutional amendments, federal courts & judges, governmental information, holidays & celebrations, immigration & naturalization, interstate compacts, judicial proceedings, local courts in the territories & possessions, measures relating to claims against the United States. national penitentiaries, patents, copyrights, & trademarks, protection of trade & commerce against unlawful restraints & monopolies, revision & codification of the statutes of the United States, and state and territorial boundary lines.

Supreme Court Decisions, 1937 - 1975
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/supcrt/

Summaries and full text of Supreme Court Decisions issued between 1937 and 1975. Searchable by keyword, case name, or case number.

Supreme Court of the United States
http://www.supremecourtus.gov/

Official web site for the U.S. Supreme Court. Provides "on-line access to the Court's 1999 Term slip opinions, 1999 Term orders, argument calendar, schedules, Rules, bar admission forms and instructions, visitors' guides, case-handling guides, special notices, press releases, and general information. A link will also be provided to the Court's 'bench' opinions on GPO Access. Information from the Court's automated docket will be added to the Website as soon as it is feasible to do so."

The Third Branch
http://www.uscourts.gov/ttb/index.html

Newsletter of the federal courts.

U.S. Court Forms
http://www.uscourtforms.com/

Court and other legal forms from the U.S. Federal Goverment and the individual states (including Puerto Rico & Washington D.C.). Browse by branch of government and topic, or search within each individual jurisdiction. There are over 40,000 forms in all, available in Adobe Acrobat (pdf) format.

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
http://www.cafc.uscourts.gov/index.html

Includes links to opinions issued by this court, and biographical information on Federal Courts and Federal Judges.

U.S. Courts
http://www.uscourts.gov/links.html

Has links to all circuit courts of appeal, including D.C. and U.S. Bankruptcy courts of appeal, as well as state District Courts and Bankruptcy Courts within each circuit.

U.S. Courts Library
http://www.uscourts.gov/library.html

Contains links to periodicals, publications, reports, statistics and other resources

U.S. Courts: Federal Judiciary Homepage
http://www.uscourts.gov/

Homepage for the Federal Judiciary, with links to the Supreme Court, U.S. Courts of Appeals, Bankruptcy, and District Courts.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
http://www.law.emory.edu/4circuit/

Contains opinions and cases of the Fourth Court of Appeals decided from 1995 through 2001 searchable by first or second party name, date of decision or keyword. Provided by Emory University School of Law. (Fourth Court of Appeals website only goes back to 1996.)

United States Government Manual
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/gmanual/index.html

"The United States Government Manual database contains comprehensive information on the agencies of the legislative, judicial and executive branches. The Manual also includes information on quasi-official agencies; international organizations in which the United States participates; and boards, commissions and committees. Documents are available as ASCII text and as Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) files." Updated annually.

United States Reports
http://www.supremecourtus.gov/opinions/boundvolumes.html

The final version of the Court's opinions, covering from 1991-present online. Provides full text, from cover to index, of the bound volumes, starting with vol. 502.

FindLaw: U.S. Supreme Court Center
http://supreme.lp.findlaw.com/

"An educational resource site dedicated to the United States Constitution and the U.S. Supreme Court... Designed with students and the general public in mind, the FindLaw Constitutional Law Center features an easy-to-read guide that leads visitors through historical documents, biographies, and Supreme Court decisions. Users can browse through the Federalist Papers, read the Constitution, or research the lives of the Founding Fathers and Supreme Court Justices."

United States Tax Court
http://www.ustaxcourt.gov/

Information about the United States Tax Court, including an FAQ, contacts, Rules of Practice and Procedure, and opinions.

Where to Obtain Supreme Court Opinions
http://www.supremecourtus.gov/opinions/obtainopinions.pdf

Document telling where to find Supreme Court opinions on the web, in print format, and microfilm. Updated annually by Supreme Court staff.