Federal Judicial Legal Research: Go to the Source

Federal Judicial Legal ResearchUnited States Supreme Court• http://www.supremecourt.gov/

▫Opinions from 2006-present▫Transcripts of Oral Arguments▫Orders from the most recent term▫Information about Justices

Federal Judicial Legal Research

United States Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit

•http://www.ca11.uscourts.gov/▫Opinions from 1995 to present▫PDF format▫Can search by

Keyword (like party name) Case number Date of issue of opinion

Federal Judicial Legal ResearchOther helpful sites

Federal Judicial Legal ResearchOyez- Supreme Court Opinions and

Information•http://www.oyez.org/

▫All Supreme Court cases listed by year▫Bios of all Supreme Court Justices

Cornell Law Legal Information Institute•http://www.law.cornell.edu/

▫Supreme Court decisions from 1990- present

▫Links to sites for other court opinions

Federal Judicial Legal Research

•Justia Supreme Court Center▫http://supreme.justia.com/▫1791 to the present

•FindLaw▫http://lp.findlaw.com/

Florida Judicial Legal ResearchGo to the Source

Florida Judicial Legal Research

Florida Supreme Court Opinions

Florida Supreme Court & District Courts of Appeals• http://www.floridasupremecourt.org/decisions/opinions.sht

ml▫ Opinions from 1999 to present▫ Also has links to all Florida District Courts of Appeal

FSU College of Law’s Florida Supreme Court Briefs and Opinions

• http://www.law.fsu.edu/library/flsupct/index.html▫ From 1990 to present▫ Listed by Docket Number▫ Can search by keyword

Florida Judicial Legal Research

First District Court of Appeal• http://opinions.1dca.org/

▫ Opinions from Jan. 2003

Second District Court of Appeal• http://www.2dca.org/opinions/opinions.shtml

▫ Opinions from Aug. 2001

Third District Court of Appeals• http://www.3dca.flcourts.org/Opinions/Opinions.shtml

▫ Opinions from Jul. 2001

Fourth District Court of Appeals• http://www.4dca.org/opinions.shtml

▫ Opinions from Jan. 2005

Fifth District Court of Appeals• http://www.5dca.org/opinions.shtml

▫ Opinions from May 2001

Florida Judicial Legal Research

Florida Circuit Courts• http://www.flcourts.org/courts/circuit/circuit.shtml

▫ Links to the Circuit Court websites and counties ▫ Contains other helpful information about Florida Circuit

Courts

Florida Judicial Legal ResearchOther helpful sources

Florida Judicial Legal ResearchFastCase•Free limited access for certain bar

associations▫Florida Bar Members can view

U.S. Supreme Court decisions Florida Supreme Court & Appellate Court

decisions Nationwide Statutes and Regulations Authority Check Dual Column Batch & Printing Visualize Search Results with Timeline View

Florida Judicial Legal Research

Florida Law Weekly (FLW)•http://www.floridalawweekly.com/flwonlin

e/▫Florida Law Weekly print collection

available at the FSU Research Center▫FLW Online available with FSU login

Florida Judicial Legal ResearchFlorida Law Weekly includes:

▫Florida Law Weekly Florida Appellate Court decisions from 1995 to

present

▫FLW Supplement Significant circuit court appellate, circuit court trial

and county court decisions from October 2002 to present

▫FLW Federal Federal cases from the U. S. Supreme Court, U.S.

Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit, U.S. District Courts in Florida & U.S. Bankruptcy Courts in Florida

All Judicial Legal Research

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