U.S. Legal Information: U.S. Courts

Has current and recent opinions (including PDFs of volumes back to 502 U.S.), docket information, audio for current oral arguments, court rules, and other information about the Court. Includes briefs and other filings November 2017-date.

Free access to Supreme Court opinions back to 1791, with links to blogs and other resources.

U.S. Reports in PDF back to volume 1, as well as several dozen books and periodicals about the Court.

The leading and indispensable source for current news and analysis of the Court's activities.

Audio recordings of selected cases back to 1956.

Filings for more than 150,000 Supreme Court cases, including those for which the court never issued a full opinion. Document types include petitions, briefs, and transcripts, among others.

Contact information and links to local websites for federal appellate and trial courts.

Free access to cases from all levels of the federal court system, including U.S. District Courts. Scope of coverage is broad but not readily apparent.

Docket information for federal courts. May contain full text .pdf documents. Includes the U.S. Party Case Index for nationwide searches by specific party or nature of suit. Students may register for their own access. Note: Bloomberg Law is generally the preferred source for docket research by Law School faculty and students.

Information on the development of the federal courts. Biographical Directory of Article III Judges, 1789-Present.has information on current and former judges, including locations of research collections.

A list of current and recent (2009-date) nominees before the Senate, showing date nomination was received and most recent action.

Links to current and former editions of Judicial Business of the United States Courts as well as several specialized statistical publications.

A straightforward and convenient source for the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure, Civil Procedure, Criminal Procedure, Evidence, and Bankruptcy Procedure.

The major sets of federal rules in PDF.

Information about the rulemaking process, including text and comments of proposed and recently approved amendments.

The United States Sentencing Commission's website for current sentencing guidelines and proposed amendments.