Federal Court Locator
The Federal Court Locator is a service provided by the Villanova University School of Law. It is intended to give net citizens a means to access information related to the federal judiciary, including slip opinions. This information can be viewed on-line or it can be downloaded.
If you learn of a federal court site on the Internet, please mail us so that we can add a link to it and continue to improve the access to federal judicial information.
Note: Free access to case law varies by court. Many use the PACER (Public Access to Court Electronic Records) system, which requires an account and which has been mandated to charge to recoup costs. Check each individual court website for availability. Below are links to official court websites. Where an alternative, free archive or information source is known to be available for the Supreme Court or the Courts of Appeals, it has been listed to the right. The official listing of federal courts can be found at the US Courts website.
Federal Court Opinions and Rules
Supreme Court
Official
Alternative Archives, Sites of Interest, and Information Sources
Courts of Appeals
See the US Courts website for more information and links to courts.
Official
Alternative Archives
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First Circuit, Emory University School of Law (through July 2001)
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Second Circuit, Touro Law Center (through March 18, 2003) (link not working?)
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Third Circuit, Villanova University School of Law
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Fourth Circuit, Emory University School of Law (through July 2001)
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Sixth Circuit, Emory University School of Law (through June 1999)
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Tenth Circuit, Washburn University School of Law
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Eleventh Circuit, Emory University School of Law (through March 2003)
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D.C. Circuit, Georgetown University Law Center
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Federal Circuit, Georgetown University Law Center
Sites of Interest and Information Sources
District Courts
See the US Courts website for a listing of courts by federal circuit.
Sites of Interest and Information Sources
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Justia -includes appellate court cases back to 1950 and US District court cases and US District court filings (drawing on the PACER database) back to 2004.
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LexisOne (search all Supreme Court and last 10 years of state and federal cases)
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Pacer (US Court of Appeals and US District Court docket information - nominal fee)
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United States District Courts (from Wikipedia)
Other Federal Courts
Related Federal Agencies and Information Sites
Issues of Interest
