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Federal court decisions
- Search U.S. Circuit Courts: Search facility for all circuits at once or by circuit, as well as other circuit court resources; through Findlaw.
- Search U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Decisions: Cornell's Legal Information Institute provides this search engine to search all U.S. Circuit Court decision available on the Internet.
- District Courts: Links to resources from Fedlaw.
- Public Access to Court Electronic Records (PACER). Centralized registration, billing, and technical support center for public electronic access to U.S. District, Bankruptcy, and Appellate court records
Rules of Court
- Rules of the Supreme Court of the United States
- Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
- Federal Rules of Evidence
U.S.
Federal Courts
Clearinghouse for information
from and about the judicial branch of the U.S. Government maintained
by the Adminstrative Offices of the U.S. Courts.
- Understanding the Federal Courts: Washington, DC: Adminstrative Offices of the U.S. Courts, October 1995. Provides an overview of the organization, operation, and administration of the entire federal court system.
- The Third Branch: The Newsletter of the Federal Courts
Federal
Judicial Center
Conducts research and continuing
education for the federal courts.
- Publications: Numerous publications available online in Adobe Acrobat format in the areas of alternative dispute resolution, civil litigation, criminal law and procedure, court administration, federal judicial history, prisoner litigation, and other areas.
U.S.
Sentencing Commission
An independent agency in the
judicial branch of government which establishes sentencing policies
and practices for the federal courts, provides training, conducts
research on sentencing-related issues, and serves as an information
resource for Congress, criminal justice practitioners, and the
public.
- Federal Sentencing Guideline Manuals and Amendments: Available online in Adobe Acrobat format.
- Reports to Congress: Reports available online in Adobe Acrobat format in the areas of drugs, sex offenses, money laundering, fraud, and mandatory minimum penalties.
- Publications: Publications available online in Adobe Acrobat format.
- Guide Lines: The newsletter of the U.S. Sentencing Commission; available online in Adobe Acrobat format.
Federal Court resource finders
- The Supreme Court and Other Federal Courts. An annotated resource list from the D'Angelo Law Library at University of Chicago Law School, providing links to federal courts sites, court decisions, and other resources, and information on print resources.
- The Federal Court Locator: A service of Villanova Center for Information Law and Policy. Links to decisions of Federal Circuit Courts of Appeal and to related federal resources, including slip opinions.
- U.S. Federal Courts Finder: From Emory School of Law. Links to the U.S. Supreme Court as well as all circuits of the U.S. Federal Courts of Appeal.
- U.S. Judicial Branch Resources: Links to U.S. Statutes, regulations, judicial opinions, court rules, comptroller general decisions, law journals, and other law-related resources from the Library of Congress.
Education about the courts
- Courts to Classes. The federal judiciary's educational outreach program.