Starting Points
Use LexisNexis Academic to find case law from the Supreme Court, Courts of Appeals and State Courts. The following print resources may also be useful.
Supreme Court
Lower Federal Courts
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Federal Courts Finder (Emory Univ.)
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Federal Reporter. 1880-1925 [Abbr. Fed.] (KF105.F42)
U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeals, U.S. District Courts, U.S. Circuit
Courts, U.S. Commerce Court, District of Columbia Court of Appeals.
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Federal Reporter. Second Series. 1940-1988. [Abbr. Fed. 2d] (KF105.F43)
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Federal Supplement. 1941-current. [Abbr.: Fed. Supp.] (KF105.2.F44)
U.S. District Courts and Court of Claims.
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U.S. Courts: United States Federal Judiciary Home Page
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West's Federal Reporter: Cases Argued and Determined in the United
States Courts of Appeals and Temporary Emergency Court of Appeals. 2nd ser. v. 831 F.2d-v. 995 F.2d; 3rd ser. v. 1 F.3d-current. (KF 105 .F432)
Subject Access to Cases
- American Jurisprudence. 2nd ed. (Ref. KF 154.A42)
"A modern comprehensive text statement of American law, state and
federal." An encyclopedic work with case references.
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Corpus Juris: Being a Complete and Systematic Statement Of The
Whole Body Of The Law As Embodied In And Developed By All Reported
Decisions: 1914-37. 72 v. in 73. (KF 65.M3)
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Corpus Juris Secundum: Complete Restatement Of The Entire American Law As Developed By All Reported Cases. 1936- . (KF65.L8)
Alphabetical arrangement of broad legal topics as developed by federal
and state cases (1658-date).
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Digest of the United States Supreme Court Reports, 1918-1922. 1923. (KF101.1.U582x)
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Modern Federal Practice Digest. (KF127.M6 and KF127.M6 Index)
Digest of federal cases arranged alphabetically by topic; covers
1939-1961. Covers all federal case law, earliest times to date.
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West's Federal Practice Digest, 2d. 1976. (KF 127.W48)
Coverage of federal case law, 1962-November 1975.
- West's Federal Practice Digest, 3d. 1984. (KF 127.W485)
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West's Federal Practice Digest, 4th. (KF 127.W486)
Case Finding Aids and Bibliographies
State Courts