Guide to Federal Court Resources

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U.S. Appellate Courts | District/Bankruptcy Courts | Special Courts | Rules and Procedures | General Federal Resources

U.S. Appellate Courts

Supreme Court | Circuit Courts

U.S. Supreme Court

• Supreme Court of the United States (supremecourt.gov) 
• Supreme Court Decisions (Legal Information Institute) 
• Oyez Supreme Court Multimedia Database from Northwestern University
• American Bar Association Supreme Court Preview 
• SCOTUSblog News and analysis on the Supreme Court.
• Supreme Court Center (FindLaw) News, court history, insights, opinions, commentary & analysis, and biographies of Justices.
• Office of the Solicitor General Briefs 1982 to present
• Supreme Court Decisions Overruled by Subsequent Decisions (congress.gov) 
• Justia US Supreme Court Center
• Supreme Court Nominations Research Guide (Law Library of Congress) 
• Supreme Court Historical Society
• Landmark Supreme Court Cases (Street Law)
• Supreme Court Database (Washington University Law) Information about each case decided by the Court between the 1791 and 2021 terms. Examples include the identity of the court whose decision the Supreme Court reviewed, the parties to the suit, the legal provisions considered in the case, and the votes of the Justices.

Courts of Appeal

General | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | D. C. | Federal

General Information

• PACER Case Locator
• U. S. Circuit Court Opinions (Cornell University)
• Federal Judiciary Contact Information

First Circuit

Serving Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Puerto Rico, and Rhode Island

• U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
• First Circuit Opinions (FindLaw - 1984 to present)
• Pattern Criminal Jury Instructions for the District Courts of the First Circuit 
• First Circuit Pattern Jury Instructions (Hornby)
• First Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel Opinions, Local Rules, and Appellate Guide.

Second Circuit

Serving Connecticut, New York, and Vermont

• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
• Second Circuit Opinions (FindLaw - 1995 to present)

Third Circuit

Serving Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and the Virgin Islands

• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
• Third Circuit Decisions (Villanova University - 1994 to present)
• Third Circuit Cases and Resources (FindLaw -1995 to present)

Fourth Circuit

Serving Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia

• U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
• Fourth Circuit Cases and Resources (FindLaw - 1995 to present)
• Fourth Circuit Court Forms (FindLaw)

Fifth Circuit

Serving Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas

• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
• Fifth Circuit Cases and Resources (FindLaw - 1995 to present)
• Fifth Circuit Court Forms (FindLaw)

Sixth Circuit

Serving Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, and Tennessee

• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
• Sixth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel Information - Includes Rules, Calendars, and Forms
• Sixth Circuit Cases and Resources (FindLaw - 1995 to present)
• Sixth Circuit Forms (FindLaw)

Seventh Circuit

Serving Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin

• US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit Jury Instructions, Calendar, Guides, and Forms in PDF format.
• Seventh Circuit Court Cases and Resources (FindLaw - 1995 to present)
• Seventh Circuit Court Forms (FindLaw)
• Seventh Circuit Bar Association

Eighth Circuit

Serving Arkansas, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota

• U.S. Court of Appeals / U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the 8th Circuit
• Eighth Circuit Court Cases and Resources (FindLaw - 1995 to present)
• Eighth Circuit Jury Instructions
• Eighth Circuit Court Forms (FindLaw)

Ninth Circuit

Serving Alaska, Arizona, California, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada,
Northern Mariana Islands, Oregon, and Washington.

• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
• Ninth Circuit Library
• Ninth Circuit Court Opinions (FindLaw - 1994 to present)
• Ninth Circuit Opinions (Willamette Law - 1999 to Present)
• Ninth Circuit Forms (FindLaw)
• Ninth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel

Tenth Circuit

Serving Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Utah, and Wyoming

• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
• Tenth Circuit Opinions (Washburn U. - October 1997 to present)
• Tenth Circuit Opinions (Findlaw - 1995 to present)
• Tenth Circuit Court Forms (Findlaw)
• U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Tenth Circuit

Eleventh Circuit

Serving Alabama, Florida, and Georgia

• U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit
• 11th Circuit Court Opinions (FindLaw - 1995 to present)

District of Columbia Circuit

Serving the District of Columbia

• U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
• D.C. Circuit Opinions (FindLaw - 1995 to present)
• D.C. Circuit Forms (FindLaw)

Federal Circuit

Jurisdiction includes the U.S. Court of International Trade, U.S. Claims Court and the Court of Veterans' Appeals

• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
• Federal Circuit Opinions (FindLaw) 1995 to present
• Federal Circuit Forms (FindLaw)

District/Bankruptcy Courts

See Individual States and Territories Pages

Special Courts

• U. S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces
• U. S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims
• United States Court of Federal Claims
• United States Court of International Trade
• United States Tax Court

Federal Court Rules and Procedures

** For Federal Local and State Court Rules, see Individual States and Territories Pages **

• Current Rules of Practice & Procedure From the Administrative Office of the US Courts
• Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure From Cornell University
• Federal Rules of Civil Procedure From Cornell University
• Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure From Cornell University
• Federal Rules of Evidence From Cornell University
• Post Judgement Interest Rates
• Statistical Publications From the Federal Judiciary
• United States Sentencing Commission Guidelines Manuals and Amendments
• U. S. Court Forms - Includes over 40,000 free forms from State and Federal Courts
• Court Forms (FindLaw)

General Federal Resources

• Administrative Office of the United States Courts Federal Judiciary
• Florida-UCLA-LoPucki Bankruptcy Research Database
• Corporate Prosecution Registry
• Directory of PACER Individual Court Sites (Updated quarterly)
• Federal Cases, Docket and Filings Search From Justia.com
• Drug Courts at the National Criminal Justice Reference Service
• EOIR Immigration Courts
• Federal Trade Commission Decisions (1915-2015)
• Internet Library of Law and Court Decisions
• Securities Class Action Clearinghouse Stanford Law School
• Federal Courts Web Archive Library of Congress
• Ethel and Julius Rosenberg Trial Grand jury transcripts from the U.S. National Archives
• Japanese War Crimes Trial Joseph Berry Keenan Digital Collection from Harvard Law School
• Nuremburg Trials Project Digital document collection from Harvard Law School
• Constitution of the United States From NARA
• Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation From govinfo