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Federal Civil Procedure

Case Law: U.S. Federal

Lexis Legal Research starting points: Explore: Content > Cases links to U.S. federal cases.  One can search all available U.S. federal court cases, or can search by court, circuit, state or practice area.  See also link: Cases: All Federal.  Log in required.

Westlaw starting point: tab: Federal materials links to the page: Federal Cases.  One can search all available U.S. federal court cases, or can search by court, state, circuit or territory.  Log in required.

Case Law: Federal Rules

Briefs, Pleadings & Motions

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Bloomberg Law: Dockets Search (log in required)

Lexis: Briefs, Pleadings & Motions (log in required)

Westlaw:: Briefs (log in required)

The Making of Modern Law: U.S Supreme Court Records and Briefs, 1832-1978

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For brief analysis tools, access:

Bloomberg Law > Brief Analyzer

Lexis > Brief Analysis

Westlaw > Drafting Assistant

For sample documents (e.g., pleadings, motions) & clauses, see the Practice Pages box on the home page of this guide.

Publicly accessible sources:

Supreme Court of the United States > tab: Case Documents

United States Courts website links

Try: Internet Archive for older material.

 

Secondary Sources