Federal Legal Information on the Internet

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Federal Case Law

Federal Judiciary Homepage
Federal Judicial Center
FindLaw: Federal Cases
U.S. Supreme Court Opinions, Orders, Briefs & Oral Arguments
U.S. Courts of Appeal - Opinions by Circuit:
... 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | DC | Federal
Additional links to circuit cases (with various search features)
U.S. District Courts: Listed on FindLaw by State

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U.S. Supreme Court Opinions, Orders, Briefs & Oral Arguments

Official Supreme Court Site (includes orders, opinions & oral arguments)
FindLaw (decisions since 1893, briefs since 1999 & orders since 1999)
Historic briefs from Yale's United States Supreme Court Records and Briefs Project
Cornell Law School (includes current & historic decisions)
FedWorld (opinions from 1937 through 1975)
The Oyez Project (includes oral argument recordings)
The Supreme Court Historical Society

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Federal Government Documents

Important Government Information Portals:

FirstGov
FdSys (government documents from the Government Printing Office)
Thomas Legislative Information
Lexis Congressional Universe [Hastings Access Only]

Direct Links to Government Documents:

Bills
Public Laws
United States Code
Federal (and see govpulse.us for a well-desinged and fully searchable database of teh Federal register form 1994-current)
CFR (Beta Site) (Topical Guide)
Hearings
Congressional Record
Congressional Reports
Congressional Research Service
House and Senate Calendars
Presidential Directives
U.S. Government Manual
U.S. Constitution (also see CRS annotated version)

Federal Government Documents & the Depository Program:

A Century of Lawmaking
Department of Justice
Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) & FDLP Basic Collection
Elegus - Select & Search
FedStats
FedWorld
FindLaw: Federal Resources
Frequently Used Sites Related to U.S. Federal Government Information (complied by GODORT)
Google - Uncle Sam (search)
GODORT - Gov't info guide
Government Information Online - virtual reference
National Criminal Justice Reference Service (site index)
National Institute of Justice (NIJ)

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Last updated August 21, 2008.
Prepared by FCIL Librarian.