Briefs
Free Sources of Supreme Court Briefs
- SCOTUSblog Case FilesCoverage: 2007-Present
Briefs, dockets, documents, abstracts, transcripts and opinions. - Oyez ProjectCoverage of briefs is selective, but when available are downladable PDFs.
- Office of the Solicitor General Supreme Court BriefsCoverage: 1982-Present
- SCOTUSblog's Petitions We're WatchingThe list provides pending petitions to the Supreme Court.
- Findlaw's Supreme Court CenterCoverage: 1999-2007
Findlaw
Provides links to lower court decisions, docket sheets, oral argument transcripts, and Supreme Court briefs where available.
Subscription Databases
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Selected coverage, 1936-Present
(Browse All Content -> All Legal Content Search -> U.S. Courts -> Court Briefs -> Federal Court Briefs -> U.S. Supreme Court) - Lexis This link opens in a new window
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Selected coverage, 1936-Present
(Explore Content-> Briefs, Pleadings & Motions -> Federal -> U.S. Supreme Court Briefs) - U.S. Supreme Court Records and Briefs, 1832-1978 This link opens in a new windowDownloadable PDFs available.
Making of Modern Law - Westlaw This link opens in a new window
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Selected coverage, 1930-Present
(Content Types -> Briefs -> U.S. Supreme Court)
Dockets
Free Sources of Dockets
- Docket SearchCoverage: 2001-Present
U.S. Supreme Court - Findlaw's Supreme Court CenterCoverage: 1999-2007
Findlaw
Provides links to lower court decisions, docket sheets, oral argument transcripts, and Supreme Court briefs where available. - SCOTUSblog Case FilesCoverage: 2007-Present
Briefs, dockets, documents, abstracts, transcripts and opinions.
Subscription Databases
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Coverage: 2003-Present
(Research Tools -> Dockets) - Lexis This link opens in a new window
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Coverage: varies
(Explore Content -> Dockets -> Dockets United States Supreme Court) - Westlaw This link opens in a new window
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Coverage: selected dockets, 2000-Present
(Speciality Areas -> Dockets -> U.S. Supreme Court)
Oral Arguments & Trial Transcripts
Free Sources of Oral Arguments
- Oral Argument TranscriptsCoverage: 1969-Present
U.S. Supreme Court - Oyez Project Oral Argument AudioCoverage:1955-Present
The Oyez Project
Subscription Databases
- Lexis This link opens in a new window
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Coverage: 1979-Present
(Browse Sources -> Search Sources -> United States Supreme Court Transcripts) - Westlaw This link opens in a new window
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Coverage: 1990-Present
(Specialty Areas -> Trial Transcripts & Oral Aguments -> U.S. Supreme Court)
Books & Microfiche
May It Please the Court... by Call Number: KF4748 .M39 1993ISBN: 1565840364Publication Date: 1993Includes both live recordings and transcripts of oral arguments in twenty-three of the most significant cases argued before the Supreme Court in the second half of the twentieth century.
- The Complete Oral Arguments of the Supreme Court of the United StatesOral arguments of the U.S. Supreme Court on microfiche, 1969-2012. Includes annual printed index.
Other Supreme Court Records
Supreme Court orders are available in subscription databases, as well as the following free sites. Amicus briefs and petitions for writ of certiorari are available in the same resources listed above under Briefs.
- OrdersCoverage: 2010-Present
U.S. Supreme Court - Supreme Court Order ListsCoverage: 1988-Present
Legal Information Institute - Journal of the Supreme CourtCoverage: 1889-Present
U.S. Supreme Court
The Journal contains the official minutes of the Court and includes orders.
Other Sources to Locate U.S. Supreme Court Records & Briefs
If you can't find what you're looking for online through a free or subscription database, consider checking the law library's collection of U.S. Supreme Court Records and Briefs available on microfiche. The microfiche collection covers full opinions (1832-2012/2013) and cert denied (1832-2010/2011). In addition, the National Archives is a great resource for hard-to-find Supreme Court documents; for example, they have audio recordings of oral arguments from 1955-Present, oral argument transcripts, as well as dockets from 1791-Present.
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