Legal Research Guide

"Aims to make all published U.S. court decisions freely available to the public online….Includes all official, book-published state and federal United States case law — every volume or case designated as an official report of decisions by a court within the United States. Its scope includes all state courts, federal courts, and territorial courts for American Samoa, Dakota Territory, Guam, Native American Courts, Navajo Nation, and the Northern Mariana Islands. Earliest case is from 1658, and currently includes all volumes published through 2020, with new data releases on a rolling basis at the beginning of each year.”

The bound volumes of the United States Reports contain the fourth and final generation of the Court’s opinions. See the file entitled "Information About Opinions." However, the materials collected here contain not just opinions, but the full text, from cover through index, of bound volumes 502 et seq., including all of the opinions, orders, and other materials issued for the Court’s 1991 Term and subsequent years. Additional volumes will be included here after they are published in print form.

Slip opinions available online from (1998-present). Print vols. from (1839-1968). Call Number KF 14245 l5

Multiple volumes accessible online

Open access database that provides information on federal laws and well as legal resources for all 50 states.