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U.S. Judiciary
The Federal Court System and Decisions
Overview | Supreme Court | Court of Appeals | District Courts | Special Jurisdiction | Federal Procedure | Miscellaneous
Overview
- About the Supreme Court (U.S. Supreme Court)
- History of the Federal Judiciary (Federal Judiciary Center)
- Understanding the Federal Courts (U.S. Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts) offers a structured introduction to the U.S. federal court system; discusses the relationship between the U.S. federal court system and the various states
- U.S. Supreme Court (Cornell Legal Information Institute, Supreme Court Collection)
- JURIST Legal News: U.S. Supreme Court (JURIST, The Legal Education Network)
U.S. Supreme Court
- Supreme Court - Opinions (U.S. Supreme Court) October 2001 Term-
includes: Information about Opinions, Where to Obtain Supreme Court Opinions (PDF) and Sliplists - FLITE: Supreme Court Decisions (FedWorld) 1937-1975
Prepared from Volumes 300-422 of U.S. Reports - LII: Supreme Court Collection (Cornell Legal Information Institute) 1990 -
Searchable; HTML with PDF options - LII: Supreme Court Collection: Historic Decisions (Cornell Legal Information Institute) Over 610 "historic" decisions
- FindLaw: Supreme Court Opinions (FindLaw) 1893-
Searchable; citation, party names, and full text - OpenJurist: Supreme Court
U.S. Court of Appeals
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
- Opinions (U.S. Courts)
- Jurisdiction: Connecticut, New York, and Vermont
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
- Opinions (U.S. Courts) 1987, 1988, 1989-
- Jurisdiction: Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
- Opinions (U.S. Courts) January 1995-
- Jurisdiction: Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Guam, and the North Mariana Islands
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
U.S. District Courts
- U.S. Courts - Links (Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts)
- LII: Federal Law Materials - U.S. District Courts (Cornell Legal Information Institute)
Special Jurisdiction
- U.S. Court of Appeals for Armed Forces
- Opinions and Digest (U.S. Courts) October 1, 1996-
- U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims
- Opinions 1989-
- U.S. Court of Federal Claims
- Opinions (U.S. Courts) July 3, 1997-
- U.S. Court of International Trade
- Slip Opinions (U.S. Courts) September 9, 1999-
- U.S. Tax Court
- Today's Opinions (U.S. Tax Court)
- Historical Opinions (U.S. Tax Court) January 1, 1999-
Federal Court Procedure
- Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure (GPO Access) PDF; 109th Cong., 2d Sess.; December 1, 2006; Committee Print No. 6
- Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (GPO Access) PDF; 109th Cong., 1st Sess.; December 1, 2005; Committee Print No. 2
- Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (Cornell Legal Information Institute) HTML
- Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure (GPO Access) PDF; 109th Cong., 1st Sess.; December 1, 2005; Committee Print No. 3
- Federal Rules of Evidence (GPO Access) PDF; 109th Cong., 1st Sess.; December 1, 2005; Committee Print No. 4
- Federal Rules of Evidence (Cornell Legal Information Institute) in HTML
Miscellaneous
- Federal Judiciary Center provides additional links to court-related Web sites
- Information USA: Judicial Branch (U.S. Dept. of State)
- Judicial Branch Resources (GPO Access)
- LII: Federal Law Materials - Judicial Opinions (Cornell Legal Information Institute)
- OpenJurist
- U.S. Courts (Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts) includes links
- U.S. Federal Courts Finder (Emory University School of Law) provides a map and text links to online collections of decisions of the courts of the U.S. federal system described above
- USA.gov: Federal Judicial Branch (USA.gov)
Last Updated: 07/14/2009