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CALIFORNIA COURTS

California Courts:

            http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/opinions/

CA Supreme Court Published Cases

CA Court of Appeal Published Cases

Ninth circuit from 1990 to present

Cal Supreme Ct. & Cal App. Court from 1934 to present

Links to CA. Supreme Ct. Records & Briefs Index: 1906 - 1978

Searchable by name, keywords, citation, docket number:

http://www.lexisnexis.com/clients/CACourts/

FindLaw:

            http://www.findlaw.com/

California Supreme Court & Appellate Cases:

http://california.lp.findlaw.com/ca00_casecode/index.html

U.C. Hastings College of Law:

             http://www.uchastings.edu/

Ca. Supreme Court Records & Briefs (1906-1978):

http://holmes.uchastings.edu/cgi-bin/starfinder/?path=briefs.txt&id=webber&pass=webber&OK=OK

FEDERAL DISTRICT COURTS

U.S. Bankruptcy Court - Central District of California Opinions:

http://www.cacb.uscourts.gov/cacb/publications.nsf/Opinions?OpenView

U.S. Bankruptcy Court - Northern District of California Opinions:               

            http://www.canb.uscourts.gov/canb/Documents.nsf/bf0c3519af9731c88825671d00666479?OpenView

U.S. Bankruptcy Court - Southern District of California Opinions:

http://www.casb.uscourts.gov/html/opinions.htm 

US Supreme Court Opinions (1893+):

 http://www.findlaw.com/casecode/supreme.html 

9th Circuit Opinions (Federal Reporter cases) (1990+):

 http://www.findlaw.com/casecode/courts/9th.html 

U.S. Court of Appeals: Search All Circuit Court Opinions on the Internet; U.S. District and Bankruptcy Courts; U.S. Courts of Special Jurisdiction:

 http://www.law.cornell.edu/federal/opinions.html

U.S. District Court Central District of California Opinions (Federal Supplement cases, 2000+):           

            http://www.cacd.uscourts.gov/cacd/welcome.nsf/home?openpage             

            http://www.cacd.uscourts.gov/CACD/RecentPubOp.nsf/Recently+Issued+Opinions+and+Orders?OpenView 

U.S. SUPREME COURT

Supreme Court of the U.S.-Early Supreme Court Decisions: 2 Dallas through 107 (1791 – 1882):           

            http://www.supremecourtus.gov/opinions/opinions.html

FedWorld: volumes 300 through 422 of US Reports (1937 to 1975):

 http://www.fedworld.gov/supcourt/index.htm

FindLaw: volumes 150 –.  U.S. Reports (Supreme Court decisions since 1893):

        http://www.findlaw.com/casecode/supreme.htmL

U.S. Supreme Court:

              http://www.supremecourtus.gov/

Oyez:  A database with hundreds of hours of oral arguments in key constitutional cases.

http://www.oyez.com/

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Research Guide 25

May, 2005

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