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Law: Online Sources

This guide references Internet sources of information. A few subscription databases are included but most are freely accessible on the Internet.

U.S. Supreme Court

FindLaw US Supreme Court Center: Resources on the history of the Constitution and Supreme Court, commentary on landmark decisions, discussions on current hot topics, the court docket, real time chats and more from FindLaw.

The Oyez Project: Provides abstracts of key constitutional cases and digital audio of oral arguments.

Historic Supreme Court Decisions-By Topic: Over 600 decisions selected by the Legal Information Institute at Cornell

Supreme Court of the United States: Official site of U.S. Supreme Court. Includes docket information, court procedures, text of decisions as they appear in the bound volumes of the United States Reports since 1991 (vol. 502), biographical information on current justices, case load statistics, etc.

Briefs filed in Supreme Court Cases: Briefs available for cases since the 2003/2004 term at the Preview site maintained by the ABA.

Supreme Court Opinions: Back to 1893