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 email 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
Sites of Interest and Information Sources
-
How Appealing Blog
-
Justia -includes appellate court cases back to 1950 (some back to 1901) and US District court cases and US District court filings (drawing on the PACER database) back to 2000
-
Pacer (US Court of Appeals and US District Court docket information - nominal fee)
-
United States Courts of Appeals (from Wikipedia)
District Courts
See the US Courts website for a listing of courts by federal circuit.
Alabama
U.S. District Court
U.S. Bankruptcy Court
Alaska
U.S. District Court
U.S. Bankruptcy Court
Arizona
U.S. District Court
U.S. Bankruptcy Court
Arkansas
U.S. District Court
U.S. Bankruptcy Court
California
U.S. District Court
U.S. Bankruptcy Court
Other
Colorado
U.S. District Court
U.S. Bankruptcy Court
Connecticut
U.S. District Court
U.S. Bankruptcy Court
Delaware
U.S. District Court
U.S. Bankruptcy Court
District of Columbia
U.S. District Court
U.S. Bankruptcy Court
Florida
U.S. District Court
U.S. Bankruptcy Court
Georgia
U.S. District Court
U.S. Bankruptcy Court
Guam
U.S. District Court
Hawaii
U.S. District Court
U.S. Bankruptcy Court
Idaho
U.S. District Court & U.S. Bankruptcy Court
Illinois
U.S. District Court
U.S. Bankruptcy Court
Indiana
U.S. District Court
U.S. Bankruptcy Court
Other
Iowa
U.S. District Court
U.S. Bankruptcy Court
Kansas
U.S. District Court
U.S. Bankruptcy Court
Kentucky
U.S. District Court
U.S. Bankruptcy Court
Other
Louisiana
U.S. District Court
U.S. Bankruptcy Court
Maine
U.S. District Court
U.S. Bankruptcy Court
Maryland
U.S. District Court
U.S. Bankruptcy Court
Massachusetts
U.S. District Court
U.S. Bankruptcy Court
Michigan
U.S. District Court
U.S. Bankruptcy Court
Minnesota
U.S. District Court
U.S. Bankruptcy Court
Mississippi
U.S. District Court
U.S. Bankruptcy Court
Missouri
U.S. District Court
U.S. Bankruptcy Court
Other
Montana
U.S. Bankruptcy Court
U.S. Bankruptcy Court
Nebraska
U.S. District Court
U.S. Bankruptcy Court
Nevada
U.S. District Court
U.S. Bankruptcy Court
New Hampshire
U.S. District Court
U.S. Bankruptcy Court
New Jersey
U.S. District Court
U.S. Bankruptcy Court
Other
New Mexico
U.S. District Court
U.S. Bankruptcy Court
Other
New York
U.S. District Court
U.S. Bankruptcy Court
North Carolina
U.S. District Court
U.S. Bankruptcy Court
North Dakota
U.S. District Court
U.S. Bankruptcy Court
Northern Mariana Islands
U.S. District Court
Ohio
U.S. District Court
U.S. Bankruptcy Court
Other
Oklahoma
U.S. District Court
U.S. Bankruptcy Court
Oregon
U.S. District Court
U.S. Bankruptcy Court
Pennsylvania
U.S. District Court
U.S. Bankruptcy Court
Puerto Rico
U.S. District Court
U.S. Bankruptcy Court
Rhode Island
U.S. District Court
U.S. Bankruptcy Court
South Carolina
U.S. District Court
U.S. Bankruptcy Court
South Dakota
U.S. District Court
U.S. Bankruptcy Court
Tennessee
U.S. District Court
U.S. Bankruptcy Court
Other
Texas
U.S. District Court
U.S. Bankruptcy Court
Utah
U.S. District Court
U.S. Bankruptcy Court
Vermont
U.S. District Court
U.S. Bankruptcy Court
Virginia
U.S. District Court
U.S. Bankruptcy Court
Other
Washington
U.S. District Court
U.S. Bankruptcy Court
West Virginia
U.S. District Court
U.S. Bankruptcy Court
Wisconsin
U.S. District Court
U.S. Bankruptcy Court
Wyoming
U.S. District Court
U.S. Bankruptcy Court
U.S. Virgin Islands
U.S. District Court
Sites of Interest and Information Sources
-
Justia -includes appellate court cases back to 1950 (some back to 1901) and US District court cases and US District court filings (drawing on the PACER database) back to 2000.
-
Pacer (US Court of Appeals and US District Court docket information - nominal fee)
-
United States District Courts (from Wikipedia)
Other Federal Courts
Related Federal Agencies and Information Sites
Issues of Interest
