United States Supreme Court Research

This is a selective research guide on the United States Supreme Court.  It highlights publicly accessible sources and sources available through Brooklyn Law School Library.  This guide includes:

• Links to/descriptions of news sources, finding tools for legal articles and selected periodicals to learn about Supreme Court activities
• Links to official Supreme Court documents, such as case dockets, oral arguments and briefs
• Official and unofficial Supreme Court case reporters in digital and print formats
• Sources discussing the Supreme Court's history and analyzing its decisions 
• Books about Supreme Court justices
• Supreme Court practice resources
• Quizzes

Supreme Court of the United States includes:

• Press releases
• Selected speeches
• Rules of the Supreme Court + guidance documents
• A "Docket Search" feature
• Oral argument audio from Term Year: 2010 - current + oral argument transcripts from Term Year: 1968 - current
• Slip opinions from the Supreme Court's current Term
• United States Reports vol. 502 (1991 Term) - present

As Breanne Callahan states in the overview to HeinOnline's U.S. Supreme Court Library LibGuide: "Users can navigate the database using various tools, including HeinOnline's ScholarCheck, linking to case law with FastCase, and linking to Oyez, a complete and authoritative source for Supreme Court audio." 

U.S. Supreme Court Library > In SARA catalog record, click: ACCESS ONLINE VERSION - (HEIN).  Includes:

• Official Reports (United States Reports + United States Reports slip opinions)
• Books on the Court (focus: historical books)
• Periodicals and Serials on the Court
• CRS Reports (U.S. Congressional Research Service Reports)
• Rules of the Supreme Court (a collection of separately published pamphlets)
• LibGuide describing this Library and providing search tips.

Recent, Available Books:

Additional Books: