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General Federal Court System Information

The Federal Judiciary Homepage Contains information about the United States federal court system, publications and reports regarding the system, statistics, etc.
Federal Judicial Center The Federal Judicial Center is the research and education agency of the federal judicial system. Selected reports published by the Center concerning the judiciary in the United States can be found on this website.
- History of the Federal Judiciary Contains a biographical database of federal judges since 1789, histories of the federal courts, and historical documents related to the judicial branch of government.

The United States Supreme Court

The United States Supreme Court The Supreme Court's own website contains slip opinions beginning with the 1999-2000 term, general information about the Court, history, rules, etc.
- Argument Transcripts Transcripts of Supreme Court Arguments, beginning in October 2000, are posted at this site by the Court's reporter the same day as the oral argument. The transcripts are in PDF format.
LII (Cornell) Supreme Court Collection Contains nearly all the Supreme Court's opinions issued since May 1990; also contains over 600 of the court's most important decisions throughout its history.
Supreme Court - FindLaw Contains Supreme Court opinions since 1893 in a searchable database.
Constitutional Law Center - FindLaw Contains the Supreme Court docket, orders, and briefs beginning with the 1999-2000 term.
The Oyez: US Supreme Court Multimedia Provides access to more than 2000 hours of Supreme Court audio, along with abstracts and other materials. Requires free RealPlayer to listen to audio materials; some now also available in MP3 format.

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Federal Circuit Courts of Appeal

U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit Contains basic information about the court and the most recent opinions. Georgetown University Law School has opinions from August 1995 to 2008.
U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit Contains basic information about the court and opinions beginning in September 1997. Georgetown University Law School has opinions from August 1995 to 2008.
U.S. Court of Appeals, 1st Circuit Contains general information and opinions of this court beginning with January 2000.
U.S. Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit Click on the Decisions link to get opinions in PDF format. It's not clear when their case coverage begins.
U.S. Court of Appeals, 3rd Circuit Contains general information and recent opinions. Villanova University School of Law has opinions beginning with May 1994.
U.S. Court of Appeals, 4th Circuit Contains basic information about this court and opinions beginning with January 1996.
U.S. Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit Contains basic information about this court and published opinions from 1993 to the present and unpublished opinions released July 7, 2003 forward.
U.S. Court of Appeals, 6th Circuit Contains general information about this court.
U.S. Court of Appeals, 7th Circuit Contains basic information and opinions, but it's not clear when their case coverage begins.
U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit Contains general information and opinions and appellate briefs; it's not clear when their case coverage begins.
U.S. Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit Contains general information and opinions of this court beginning with 1995.
U.S. Court of Appeals, 10th Circuit Contains general information about this court and opinions.
U.S. Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit Contains general information and searchable databases of opinions beginning in November 1994.

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Other Federal Courts

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces Contains opinions from this court beginning with October 1996.
U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims Contains opinions from this court beginning with 1990.
U.S. Court of Federal Claims Contains opinions of this court beginning in July 1997.
U.S. Tax Court Contains TC and Memorandum Opinions beginning 25 September 1995 & Summary Opinions beginning 1 January 2001; this site also has forms, rules, and FAQs.

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