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This is a local copy of the search page developed by Patrick Wiseman at Georgia State UniversitySchool of Law.

Judicial Opinions

• U.S. Supreme Court Opinions from FindLaw

FindLaw's searchable database of Supreme Court decisions since 1937 (U.S. Supreme Court Decisions: US Reports 300-, 1937-). Browsable by year and US Reports volume number and searchable by citation, case title and full text. [I don't usually comment on the resources here, but this one is wonderful!]

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• U.S. Supreme Court Decisions: by volume, by year

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• U.S. Supreme Court Syllabi from Cornell's Legal Information Institute, with links to full opinions.

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• U.S. Supreme Court Opinions (1937 - 1975) from the FLITE database now at Fedworld.

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• Federal Circuit Opinions, from Emory University School of Law.

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• D.C. Circuit Opinions, from Georgetown Law Center.

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• 1st Circuit Opinions, from Emory University School of Law.

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• 2nd Circuit Opinions, from Touro Law Center.

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• 3rd Circuit Opinions, from Villanova Center for Information Law and Policy.

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• 4th Circuit Opinions, from Emory University School of Law.

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• 5th Circuit Opinions, from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.


• 6th Circuit Opinions, from Emory University School of Law.

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• 7th Circuit Opinions, from Emory University School of Law.

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• 8th Circuit Opinions, from Washington University School of Law.


• 9th Circuit Opinions, from Villanova Center for Information Law and Policy.

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• 10th Circuit Opinions, from Emory University School of Law.

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• 11th Circuit Opinions, from Emory University School of Law.

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• U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Massachusetts from Craig and Macauley, P.C.

Searches the full text of all published decisions of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Massachusetts from January 1, 1995 to the present.


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Legislation

• Search the U.S. Code at the U.S. House of Representatives Internet Law Library.

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• Search for bills and legislative history in the 105th Congress, from THOMAS: Legislative Information on the Internet
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• Search for bills and legislative history in the 104th Congress, from THOMAS: Legislative Information on the Internet.
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Federal Regulation

• The Code of Federal Regulations from the U.S. House of Representatives Internet Law Library.

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Other Legal Sources

• The Legal Domain Network

The Legal Domain Network maintains archives of many law-relatedUSENET newsgroups, to which anyone in the world can and doescontribute. Several searches on 10/6/96 returned no results.And, on 01/30/97, it still appears to be broken.

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