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United States Circuit Courts of Appeals

United States Circuit Courts of Appeals. Decisions from all U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeals between 1789-1879 are published in the print resource, Federal Cases.

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United States Circuit Courts of Appeals

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  1. United States Circuit Courts of Appeals • Decisions from all U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeals between 1789-1879 are published in the print resource, Federal Cases. • From 1879 to the present, decisions from the Circuit Courts are published in the Federal Reporter (F., F.2d, F.3d.) series, part of the West National Reporter series. • These decisions are also published in fee electronic resources such as Westlaw (CTA-11) and Lexis (Federal Legal US Library).

  2. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals • Decisions from 1996 onwards can be found at the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals site at http://pacer.ca4.uscourts.gov/opinions/opinion.htm • Opinions can be searched by: • keyword; • docket number of case; • party names in the case; or • date decision is posted.

  3. U.S. Courts • The U.S. Courts site at http://www.uscourts.gov/ also provides hyper text links to the official web sites of federal courts located within a state or circuit. • Access to the hyper text links is via a map. • Directions to the court as well as links to the court’s official web site are provided as well.

  4. Lexis

  5. Westlaw

  6. United States District Courts • Published alongside decisions from the U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeals between 1789-1879, opinions of U.S. District Courts are also published in the print resource, Federal Cases. • Between 1879 – 1932, decisions from U.S. District Courts were also published with Circuit Court opinions in the Federal Reporter (F., F.2d, F.3d) series, part of West’s National Reporter Series.

  7. United States District Courts • In 1932, publication of opinions from the U.S. District Courts began in the Federal Supplement (F. Supp., F. Supp. 2d) series, again part of the National Reporter series. • These opinions are also published in fee electronic databases such as Westlaw (DCT) or Lexis (General Federal Legal US Library.)

  8. U.S. District Courts • Free access to the decisions of U.S. District Courts is not as plentiful as is access to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decisions or the Circuit Courts' decisions. • Again, the US Courts site, at http://www.uscourts.gov , provides free access to available federal district court sites. • Decisions from federal district courts can also be accessed via Lexis and Westlaw.

  9. Lexis

  10. Westlaw

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