Federal Law
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United States Supreme Court
- Opinions (Google Scholar) 1791-
- Opinions (Justia) 2004-
- US Court Opinion Websites (LLSDC)
- United
States Reports vol. 502, 1991 term-
Full-text for each volume. No search features
- Briefs Filed
by the Solicitor General
Selected briefs: 1982-1997. All briefs: July, 1998- - Where
to Find Briefs of the U.S. Supreme Court
- U.S. Supreme Court
Includes: Case citation finder, Court rules, Oral arguments, Docket (2000-), Orders & Journal, Bar admission, Case handling guides, etc - History
of the Court (Supreme Court Historical Soc.)
View a timeline of justices, biographies of the current members of the court, a history of the court & information about each of the homes of the court - Oyez: U.S. Supreme Court
Media
Search cases by subject or term; retrieve an abstract of the case, list of participants, the oral argument, and the oral and written opinion. Access information about pending cases. Listen to oral arguments from 1995 to the present. Read biographical information on current and past justices. Virtually tour the U.S. Supreme Court building & play Oyez Baseball - Supreme Court Database
Information on Supreme Court Cases from 1953
Federal Courts
- Opinions: US Court of Appeals (Justia)
- Opinions (Google Scholar) 1923-
US federal district, appellate, tax and bankruptcy courts - US Court Opinion Websites (LLSDC)
- US Reports (Library of Congress) 1791-2004
- US Reports (US Supreme Court)
Includes 1991-2011 in bound volumes and from 2012 in slip opinions.
- Court Rules (U.S. Courts)
- Federal Rules of
- PACER $
Obtain case & docket information from federal circuit, district, and bankruptcy courts. Docket information includes a claims registry, a listing of parties & participants in the case, information about the suit & dollar demand, a chronology of case events, case status, types of documents filed for certain cases, judgments, and appellate court opinions. Search PACER by specific court or use the U.S. Party/Case Index
New to PACER? Try this PACER training site. - RECAP
Search for documents pulled from PACER. Not a complete duplicate of PACER records, but provides access to some files and cases for free.
- U.S. Courts: The Federal Judiciary
Legislative Branch
- Acts / Laws (Congress.gov) 1973-
- U.S. Statutes At Large v.1-18 (1789-1875)
- U.S. Statutes At Large v. 117 (2003)-
- Bills (Congress.gov)
- Current Bills by Popular Name or Subject
- History of Bills 1983-
Information as provided in the Congressional Record Index. Includes actions that are reported in the Index & reference issue, date, and pages
- U.S. Code (Cornell Legal Information Institute)
- U.S. Code, Prior editions,
1991- (U.S. House)
- U.S.
Constitution (Findlaw)
See also: Constitutions
- Congressional Record (Thomas)
- Congressional Hearings
- Hearing Transcripts
- Legislation of the U.S. Congress (Congress.gov)
- C-Span Video
- Congressional Research Service Reports
- Selected CRS reports available free from: Every CRS Report.com, Univ.
of North Texas Libraries, Stanford University, Law Librarians' Society of Washington, D.C, Thurgood Marshall Law Library, and Dept.
of State.
- Selected CRS reports available free from: Every CRS Report.com, Univ.
of North Texas Libraries, Stanford University, Law Librarians' Society of Washington, D.C, Thurgood Marshall Law Library, and Dept.
of State.
- U.S. Senate
- Committee membership lists, hearing schedules & links to committee websites
- View Senate organizational chart & hover over buttons to determine committee chairs, floor leaders, etc.; click on buttons to access related websites
- Visit the Reference section to locate general information about the Senate & the legislative process
- View the "Is it true that..." section to determine the truth behind some legislative rumors
- U.S. House
- Access Committee websites and Quick Links to membership lists, subcommittees, jurisdiction of committee, schedules, and hot topics in committee
- Obtain historical information for the 1st - the past session's Congress such as a congressional profile, member information, committee information, leaders & officers, legislative activities including roll call votes, and discharge petitions
- Visit the Rules & Procedures section to learn rules, precedents, and procedures of the House
- Get answers to FAQs about legislative
activity, committees,
and House members.
- Voting Records
- U.S. Congress Votes Database (Washington Post)
Database of every vote in the U.S. Congress since the 102nd Congress (1991). Browse by Congress, member, bill number etc. Display vote totals in a number of ways including by party, state, region, and gender
- U.S. Congress Votes Database (Washington Post)
- Dictionaries
Executive Branch
- Code of Federal Regulations e-CFR Current
- Code of Federal Regulations 1996-
- Federal Register v. 59, 1994-
- Executive Orders
- Public Papers of
the Presidents of the United States (Univ. of Michigan, Hoover
Administration, 1929- )
Contains Presidential papers & speeches. Search individual volumes or across all volumes. - Public Papers
of the U.S. Presidents (GPO Access, 1992- )
View photographs, papers & speeches. Access appendixes which list the President's daily schedule & meetings, presidential nominations, proclamations, executive orders, and other documents released by the Office of Press Secretary & published in the Federal Register. - Weekly Comp.
of Presidential Documents 1993-
- Federal
Agencies (Washburn Univ.)
Links to agencies' homepage, publications, organizational charts, electronic forms administrative decisions - CyberCemetery (Univ.
of N. Texas)
Permanent public access to publications & websites of defunct federal agencies & commissions - Federal Administrative Decisions & Other Actions (Univ.
of Virginia)
Includes links to: - Homeland Security Digital Library
Public collection including FEMA and homeland security reports, strategy documents, and more. - U.S. Government
Manual
Information on the agencies of the legislative, judicial & executive branches, quasi-official agencies, international organizations in which the U.S. participates, boards, commissions & committees - White House
Federal Government News
Research Resources
- America.gov
- Link to federal government sites by branch of government
- Locate laws & treaties, statistical information, and overviews of U.S. government & its political system
- Access information about American society, arts & culture, U.S. symbols, education in the U.S., economy & trade, civil rights, and geography & travel
- Census Bureau
- Population, business, and economic statistical information
- Data is available for a variety of geographical areas and designations
- Features American FactFinder, a database that compiles a variety of censuses and surveys.
- Congress.gov (Library of Congress)
- Online source of federal legislative history
- Search for the text of current & past Congressional session's bills by
- bill number, keyword, subject, stage in the legislative process, date of introduction, or committee
- browsing bill summary & status
- Access public laws by public law number
- Locate committee reports, roll call votes, and the schedules of the House & Senate
- Search the Congressional Record
- FDLP Basic Government Publication Collection
- Vital sources of information that help clarify the workings and essential activities of the Federal Government.
- GovInfo
- Access official federal government publications & information
- Keyword search across multiple database resources such as congressional bills, directories, documents, reports; history of bills; public & private laws; the Congressional Record; Federal Register; U.S. Government Manual; U.S. Code; and more
- Access essential titles and core documents that define the U.S. democracy
- Find federal depository libraries or purchase federal government publications through the online bookstore
- Legal Information Institute
- Locate federal government documents & websites
- Search & view full-text, hyperlinked versions of the U.S. Code, U.S. Constitution, Code of Federal Regulations, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Federal Rules of Evidence & Uniform Commercial Code
- Use LII’s Eye on the Courts to read high profile appellate decisions and commentary on the decisions
- USA.gov
- Official U.S. Government gateway
- Keyword search over 51 million federal and state web pages
- Access laws & regulations, federal forms, statistics, federal publications, searchable databases, FOIA information, federal agency news & press releases, national libraries, and directory information & national atlas/maps in the Reference Center
- View Frequently Asked Questions of the U.S. Government by topic or agency
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- Court Records
- Federal Rules of Procedure
- U.S. Code
- Congressional Record (Congress.gov)
- Code of Federal Regulations
- Federal Register