The Judiciary
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- U.S. Supreme Court
Basic Resources
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- Annotated Consitution of the United States of America
- Consitution of the United States of America
- CQ Supreme Court Collection UM Only
- Summaries and analyses for over 4,000 major decisions, as well as links to further relevant information, including a Supreme Court Encyclopedia.
- Federal Court Locator
- Service provided by the Villanova University School of Law, intended to give citizens a means to access information related to the federal judiciary, including slip opinions.
- Federal Judicial Center: Publications
- Provides access to "the results of information FJC research on federal court operations and procedures and court history, as well as selected educational materials produced for judges and court employees."
- LexisNexis Academic UM Only
- Full-text access within the law tab to cases from the U.S. Supreme Court and federal and state courts, as well as federal, state and tax codes. Access to International court cases and legislation is also available.
- Oyez
- A multimedia archive aiming to be a complete and authoritative source for all audio recorded in the Court since October 1955. Also provides authoritative information on all justices and offers a virtual reality 'tour' of portions of the Supreme Court building, including the chambers of some of the justices.
- WestLaw Campus Research UM Only
- Full-text access within the law tab to cases from the U.S. Supreme Court and federal and state courts, as well as statutes and regulations at the federal and state level. Also included are topical legal guides.
Agencies
Briefs
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- FindLaw Supreme Court Briefs (1999 - Present)
- Office of the Solicitor General Briefs (Select briefs from 1982 - Present)
- Supreme Court Briefs on the Merits (Current year only)
Decisions and Opinions
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- FedWorld.gov Supreme Court Decisions Search
- This system contains the full text of 7,407 U.S. Supreme Court Decisions issued between 1937 and 1975.
- FindLaw Supreme Court Opinions
- FindLaw's searchable database of the Supreme Court decisions since 1893.
- Guide to U.S. Supreme Court Decisions
- UM Libraries' guide to finding U.S. Supreme Court decisions.
- HeinOnline U.S. Supreme Court Library UM Only
- Full-text access to U.S. Reports (the court opinions), Preliminary Prints, and Slip Opinions. Also includes select books on the Supreme Court from the 1880's to 1930, and two periodicals, "Supreme Court Economic Review" (1982-2001) and "Supreme Court Review."
- U.S. Supreme Court Opinions, 1937-1975
- This application was created by the Air Force and is not an official version of the Supreme Court's opinions.
- United States Reports
- Access to digitized versions of the bound volumes of the United States Reports containing the fourth and final generation of the U.S. Supreme Court's opinions, from 1991-2005.
Directories
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- Court Links
- Search for court listings and links by type or location from the Administrator of the U.S. Courts.
- Judicial Staff Directory UM Only
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