LibGuides: 1 Free Internet Legal Research Guide for the Public: Court Opinions

Court Rules

U.S. Courts - Federal Rules of Practice & Procedure
An official source for the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, the Federal Rules of Evidence, the Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure, and Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure.
LLRX
A source for court rules, legal forms, and dockets, as well as original articles on a wide range of law and legal technology issues.

Caselaw Access Project
CAP includes all official, book-published United States case law — every volume designated as an official report of decisions by a court within the United States.
CaseText
Free legal research platform featuring community-sourced annotations and links to secondary sources.
CourtListener
A free legal research website containing millions of legal opinions from federal and state courts. Part of the Free Law Project.
Fastcase
A legal research tool offering state and federal primary sources and journal content via HeinOnline.
FindLaw
Free source for federal and state primary sources, forms, and lawyer-search tools.
Google Scholar
Toggle on the Case Law search. You can select a jurisdiction before searching.
Justia: U.S. Case Law
Find opinions by court, reporter, or state.
Ravel Law
Free case law search platform including visualization tools.
Well Settled
Unequivocal articulations of legal principles and summaries of judicial opinions.
U.S. Courts Opinions
United States Courts Opinions (USCOURTS) collection is a project between the U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) and the Administrative Office of the United States Courts (AOUSC) to provide public access to opinions from selected United States appellate, district, and bankruptcy courts. The content of this collection dates back to April 2004, though searchable electronic holdings for some courts may be incomplete for this earlier time period.

SupremeCourt.gov
Slip Opinions, Per Curiams (PC), and Original Case Decrees (D). These opinions are posted on the Website within minutes after the bench opinions are issued and will remain posted until the opinions for the entire Term are published in the bound volumes of the United States Reports.

In addition to the resources in the Court Opinions box, U.S. Supreme Court opinions can also be found from the following resources.

Legal Information Institute
Find recent decisions, and past decisions by topic, by author, or by party.