U.S. Supreme Court - Opinions
Opinions are first issued as slip opinions. A few months later, "preliminary prints" of the United States Reports are printed, and a year later, once the Court has made its final corrections, bound volumes of United States Reports are printed.
- Official Reports of the Supreme Court -- KF101.U52
Preliminary prints of Supreme Court opinions. Revised and cumulated under United States Reports. - United States Reports -- KF101.U5
The bound, print volumes of the United States Reports contain the final, official text of the opinions of the U.S. Supreme Court. For holdings see the library's online catalog.
- Supreme Court of the United States This link opens in a new windowThe official web site of the U.S. Supreme Court has the Court's Docket, listing cases granted review and schedules of arguments.
- U.S. Supreme Court Cases, Lawyers' Edition (Nexis Uni) This link opens in a new windowThe United States Supreme Court file contains the full text opinions of all Supreme Court, Lawyers' Edition cases since 1790. In addition, all dispositions of cases that were appealed to the Supreme Court are included. Full text opinions are available within 1 hour of release.
- Legal Information Institute (Cornell University Law School) This link opens in a new windowIncludes the Court's docket and argument calendars, with links to lower court decisions.
- Preview of U.S. Supreme Court Cases (LexisNexis) This link opens in a new windowPublished by the Public Education Division of the American Bar Association, Preview offers advance analysis by legal experts of the issues, facts, and significance of each case being argued before the U.S. Supreme Court. Coverage is from 1991 to the present.
U.S. Supreme Court - Secondary Sources
Guide to the U. S. Supreme Court SET by Call Number: KF8742 .W567 2010ISBN: 9780872894235Publication Date: 2010-06-23st1\:·{{behavior:url(£ieooui) }} This brand new edition of Guide to the U.S. Supreme Court reflects the substantial changes in the makeup of the High Court and landmark rulings from recent Court terms. No other reference on the Court offers so much detail and insight in such a readable format. Updated through the 2008&BAD:–2009 term, this classic resource explains everything readers need to know about the Supreme Court, from its origins and how it functions to the people who have shaped it and the impact of its decisions on American life and the path of U.S. constitutional law. Updates include:The appointments of Chief Justice John G. Roberts, as well as Associate Justices Samuel Alito and Sonia Sotomayor&BAD:—featuring biographies and background informationA new chapter on the emergence of Second Amendment protections for the Right to Bear ArmsNew content on individual rightsNew information and detail on how cases currently get to the Court, and how the process has changed over timeExpanded content on selecting justices and the confirmation politics of judicial appointmentsLandmark decisions and key cases:District of Columbia v. Heller (2008)&BAD:—gun rights and the Second AmendmentBoumediene v. Bush (2008)&BAD:—Guantánamo and habeas corpusRoper v. Simmons (2005)&BAD:—on death penalty and juvenilesGuide to the U.S. Supreme Court covers the Court&BAD:’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. Appendixes provide additional information on the Court such as the Judiciary Acts of 1789 and 1925 and a list of Acts of Congress found by the Court to be unconstitutional. A general name and subject index speeds research, and a case index quickly guides readers to all decisions discussed in the Guide. Key FeaturesCovers three new Supreme Court justices and the confirmation process Demonstrates how cases get to the CourtNew content on individual rightsNew chapter on the Second Amendment- Landmark Decisions of the U.S. Supreme CourtCall Number: Reference KF4549 .F56 2003
- Supreme Court ReviewCall Number: KF8741 .A52 S8An annual law review that provides authoritative discussions of the Court's most significant decisions.
