Background Resources
- United States ReportsContains the Supreme Court’s opinions.
- Guide to the U.S. Supreme CourtCovers the Supreme Court's entire history; its operations; its power in relation to other branches of government; major decisions affecting the other branches, the states, individual rights and liberties; and biographies of the justices.
- Supreme Court Yearbook This link opens in a new windowYear-end overviews and case summaries of opinions
- Constitution Annotated: Analysis and Interpretation of the U.S. ConstitutionOffers authoritative explanation on how the Supreme Court has interpreted the Nation’s governing document. With advanced search tools this website makes the 3,000 pages of the Constitution Annotated fully searchable and accessible for the first time to online audiences – including Congress, legal scholars, law students, and anyone interested in U.S. constitutional law.
- Recommended Websites from the Library of the U.S. Courts of the Seventh CircuitPrepared by the Library of the U.S. Courts of the Seventh Circuit
U.S. Court Cases
- Cornell University Legal Information Institute: Supreme Court Recent DecisionsDecisions released by the Court since 1990.
- Cornell University Legal Information Institute: Supreme Court Select Historic DecisionsOver 300 of the Supreme Court's most important decisions since its inception.
- HeinOnline: United States ReportsOfficial record of the rulings, orders, case tables, and other proceedings of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1754 to present.
- IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law: Oyez. U.S. Supreme Court MediaSearchable archive of all public sessions recorded in the Supreme Court since 1955.
- Nexis Uni This link opens in a new windowProvides cases from the U.S. Supreme Court, Federal and State courts including U.S. Courts of Appeals, U.S. District Courts, and Federal Military Courts.
- Public Access to Court Electronic Records (PACER)Provides case and docket information from the federal appellate, district and bankruptcy courts. Case locator available. Registration and fee payment are required.
- JustiaFree access to a limited number of cases in the Federal and State courts including U.S. Supreme Court Cases and Opinions from 1791 to present.
- U.S. 7th Circuit Court of AppealsFree access oral arguments and opinions
- Google ScholarAccess published opinions of US state appellate and supreme court cases since 1950, US federal district, appellate, tax and bankruptcy courts since 1923 and US Supreme Court cases since 1791. Also, includes citations for cases cited by indexed opinions or journal articles.
