Finding Case Law

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Content: Legal journals, government documents, foreign and international law materials, legal classics, and world trials.
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U.S. Supreme Court Library
This databases provides the only complete coverage of the official U.S. Reports, an indexed compilation of the official full text of all decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States and the official record of its rulings, orders, case tables, and case law.
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Find Law offers a database of case law from the U.S. Supreme Court and U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeal, as well as several state supreme courts.
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Contains:
U.S. Supreme Court Opinions – 1791 to the present
U.S. Supreme Court Center External - includes Court opinions and a blog regarding recent Supreme Court events
U.S. Federal Appellate Court Opinions – 1995 to the present (may be expanded, based on the circuit)
U.S. State Supreme, Appellate and Trial Court Opinions – 1997 to the present (may differ, based on the jurisdiction)

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Content: A wide range of academic literature, drawing from journal publishers, university repositories, and other scholarly websites.
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