Finding Supreme Court Opinions
- JustiaFree, searchable opinions from 1790 to the present. Justia also offers browsing by "Recent Opinions," year, and U.S. Reports volume.
- Hein Online - U.S. Supreme Court Reports and Slip Opinions"U.S. Reports" and "U.S. Reports Slip Opinions" are the official publications of Supreme Court decisions. Via HeinOnline you can access the full text of all decisions, from 1754 (Volume 1) to the present.
- OyezOyez is a website with Supreme Court audio recordings of hearings. The site includes hearings since 1980 and the goal is to eventually include hearings since 1955. For selected cases argued before 1979, and for nearly all cases argued after 1979, the site provides unofficial versions of the transcripts, along with the audio whenever available. Once you have found your case, click on the "Expanded View" to obtain the printed transcript of the oral arguments. For "Opinions", look for the section called "Case Basics" in the lower left corner of the case's page, and click on the link provided for "Opinion."
- FindLaw - U.S. Supreme Court CasesA collection of Supreme Court opinions, from 1893 to the present.
- Google Scholar - Case LawSelect "Federal Courts" to limit results.
- Legal Information Institute - Supreme CourtThe Legal Information Institute is a not-for-profit based at Cornell Law School. It is known internationally as a leading “law-not-com” provider of public legal information. The website offers all opinions of the United States Supreme Court handed down since 1992, together with over 600 earlier decisions selected for their historic importance.
- Nexis UniReplaces LexisNexis Academic.
More than 15,000 news, business, and legal sources from LexisNexis—including U.S. Supreme Court decisions dating back to 1790.