LibGuides: Government Documents: Judicial Resources

Supreme Court

The United States Supreme Court consists of the Chief Justice of the United States and eight associate justices. At its discretion, and within certain guidelines established by Congress, the Supreme Court each year hears a limited number of the cases it is asked to decide. Those cases may begin in the federal or state courts, and they usually involve important questions about the Constitution or federal law.

Court Cases

Westlaw Campus Research
Campus Research provides access to news, business, and law-related information through an easy-to-use interface. Campus Research includes over 4,300 news sources such as, newspapers, trade, business and professional publications, newswires, broadcast transcripts, foreign language publications and company information. The legal databases feature federal and state case law, statutes and administrative rules and regulations as well as law reviews and journals.

Useful Websites

Guide to Law (Library of Congress)
An annotated guide to sources of information on government and law available online. It includes selected links to useful and reliable sites for legal information.
Independent Counsel Investigations
Contains select documents related to the Madison Guaranty Savings & Loan Association, Department of Agriculture, Department of Interior, and Clinton Impeachment.
United States Courts Opinions
Provides public access to opinions from selected United States appellate, district, and bankruptcy courts.

Books

United States reports: Cases adjudged in the Supreme Court. Supreme Court.
Call Number: Gov Docs JU 6.8:
Also available online.

Official reports of the Supreme Court. Supreme Court
Call Number: Gov Docs JU 6.8/A:
Also available online.