Political Science Research Guide: Courts and Court Cases

One of the largest legal portals. Find cases, codes, articles, and commentary.

With Law Library Card you get free access to Hein Online. The City of Fitchburg has a law library branch on Elm Street that you can visit during the hours of operation.

National coverage of significant cases and key legislative and regulatory developments across all areas of the law, summaries of selected federal court, state court and administrative cases. Access Supreme Court Today via link on left side of screen.

The official website of the Supreme Court of the United States.

Highlights of the 2013-2104 Supreme Court term from the Legal Information Institute. Sponsored by Cornell.

Provides access to the "institutions, courts and organisations in The Hague...working in the field of international peace, justice and security." Find court cases browsing by case name, region, or topic. See also "useful links" for more resources related to international justice.

Plain English interpretations of cases going before the U.S. Supreme Court.

Read summaries of cases by term.

This office's role is to "supervise and conduct government litigation in the U.S. Supreme Court." Find petitions, briefs, and other papers filed by the government in the Supreme Court.

Multimedia archive devoted to the Supreme Court of the United States. Audio since 1955. Sponsored by the Chicago-Kent School of Law.

A "private non-profit organization...dedicated to the collection and preservation of the history of the Supreme Court of the United States."

PBS news coverage of the U.S. Supreme Court.

Find a range of information regarding the U.S. court system, including information on the federal court system, court statistics, court records, and more.