Case Law

This page contains online and paper resources for researching Federal case law.

The federal court system consists of the following courts that decide case law:

There are also specialty courts such as the U. S. Tax Court, U. S. Court of Veterans Appeals and the Court of Claims.

Supreme Court Reporters Electronic and Prinit

Supreme Court of the United States
The official web site of the United States Supreme Court. You can access the Court's calendars, the latest decisions, opinions of the justices, oral arguements and much more. The United States Reports are available online beginning with vol. 502.

United States Reports
Call Number: JU 6.8: Government Documents
Official texts of Supreme Court decisions. These volumes are located in the Government Documents collection located on the 2nd floor of the library. The library's collection begin with volume 375.

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United States Courts Opinions
United States Courts Opinions (USCOURTS) collection is a project between the U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) and the Administrative Office of the United States Courts (AOUSC) to provide public access to opinions from selected United States appellate, district, and bankruptcy courts. The content of this collection dates back to April 2004, though searchable electronic holdings for some courts may be incomplete for this earlier time period..

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Nexis Uni features more than 15,000 news, business and legal sources from LexisNexis - including U.S. Supreme Court decisions dating back to 1790 - with an intuitive interface that offers quick discovery across all content types, personalization features such as Alerts and saved searches and a collaborative workspace with shared folders and annotated documents.