LibGuides: Federal Judiciary: Appellate Courts

REFERENCE DESK

Phone: 706-542-6591

Email: lawref@uga.edu

FDsys
The Federal Digital System (FDsys) is maintained by the Government Printing Office and provides public access to documents produced by the legislative, executive and judicial branches of government
Public Library of Law - PLoL
The Public Library of Law permits users to search all published opinions from 1950 to the present (except for the 11th Circuit from its inception in 1981 and the Federal Circuit from its inception in 1982).
United States Courts
maintained by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts on behalf of the Federal Judiciary and provided information from and about the Judicial Branch of the U.S. Government.
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Court Website Links

Try the individual court websites for possible access to dockets.

Public Access to Court Electronic Records (PACER)
PACER is a fee-based system, which assesses .10/page charge when a document is accessed (with a $3.00 cap on any document).
Law School community contact the Reference Desk for access.

Bloomberg Law This link opens in a new window
The briefs and dockets information in Bloomberg Law is obtained from PACER, under the Litigation & Dockets tab.

From Findlaw, features daily summaries of federal appellate opinions and other court news
Legal Blog Network - court news and information for all the circuit courts

The editors select and summarize the federal and state court and administrative cases that establish new precedents, address new statutes, contribute to emerging legal doctrines, tackle current controversies, or further splits in the Circuits.

Judicial Research Initiative (University of South Carolina)

The project was designed to create a collection of databases to facilitate the empirical analysis of the votes of judges and the decisions of U.S. courts.