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U.S. Supreme Court

Journals & Indexes | Web Resources | Text of Decisions | Analysis of Decisions | Info on Justices | U.S. Constitution |
Reference Works | Subject Headings | Bates Politics Department | Librarian

You might also look at other guides, such as Law or U.S.Politics

Full Text Journals & Indexes

 

Electronic Reference Sources

  Index to Legal Periodicals + Books
ABOUT     West's Encyclopedia of American Law, 2 ed., 2005
  LexisNexis Academic ABOUT     Supreme Court Review

Multi-Database Search : Politics

Web Resources

Supreme Court of the United States website

Supreme Court Collection (Cornell Law Library)
Best legal information starting point for lists of current Supreme Court Decisions. Also contains historical decisions by topic.

FindLaw: Cases and Codes: Supreme Court Opinions
Another great place to begin for full text of Supreme Court Decisions from 1893 to present.

Oyez: a US Supreme Court Database A multimedia database about the United States Supreme Court, link to the written opinions of the court in all cases since 1891, and selected audio files of oral arguments.

Researching the Court (Supreme Court Historical Society)

Supreme Court Watch (Public Broadcasting System) Archive back to 1995-1996 available.

Text of Decisions

Supreme Court Decisions. United States (OFFICIAL FINAL PAPER COPY)
GOVT. JU 6.8: 1790+  (shelved in the lower level of Coram at the end of the alphabet)

LexisNexis has full-text. From "Legal Research" go to "Get a Case" or "Federal Case Law."

Analysis of Decisions

Landmark Briefs and Arguments of the Supreme Court of the United States
Storage KF 101.8 .K87 v.1+

United States Supreme Court decisions: an index to excerpts, reprints, and discussions
Reference KF 101.6 .G83 1983

United States Supreme Court decisions, 1778-1996 : an index to excerpts, reprints, and discussions, 1980-1995
Reference KF 101.6 .G83 2001

The Supreme Court Review
KF 8741 .A1 S9

Information on Justices

Supreme Court Justices (Cornell University) Biographies of current members.

Justices of the United States Supreme Court
Reference KF 8744 .F75 1995 v.1-5

Supreme Court Justices
Reference KF 8744 .S86 1993

In the Bates Online Catalog, look under the subject heading Judges, United States, Biography and the name as a subject, e.g., Kennedy, Anthony M., 1936-.

There is online access to nomination hearings held before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary (1971 - forward). Ladd also has these hearings in paper format. Look in Online Catalog for the call numbers. Also see historical nominations list and statistics available from 1789 to present on the U.S. Senate Supreme Court nominations page.

U.S. Constitution

Constitution of the United States of America, Analysis and Interpretation
Also available in paper Ref. Govt. Y 1.1/2: Serial 14866

Encyclopedia of the American Constitution
Reference KF 4548 .E53 2000 v.1-6

Reference Works

Guide to the U.S. Supreme Court
Reference KF 8742 .W567 2004 v.1,2

Historic U.S. Court Cases
Reference KF 385.A4 J64 2001

How to Research the Supreme Court
Reference KF 8741 .A1 M36 1992

Landmark Decisions of the United States Supreme Court
Reference KF 4549 .F56 2003

Landmark Supreme Court Cases; a Reference Guide
Reference KF4549 .L58 1999

Landmark Supreme Court Cases; the Most Influential Decisions of the Supreme Court of the U.S.
Reference KF8742 .H37 2004

The Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States
Reference KF 8742 .A35 O93 2005

The Oxford Guide to United States Supreme Court Decisions
Reference KF 4548 .O97 1999

Summaries of Leading Cases on the Constitution
Reference KF4547.8 .B3 2004

Pertinent Subject Headings

Civil Rights--United States
United States Supreme Court
Law--United States
United States--Constitutional Law
Sex discrimination--Law and legislation--United States--Cases
Constitutional history--United States

Library contact:

For more information, contact:

Sandra Groleau
Documents Librarian
207-786-6268
e-mail: sgroleau AT bates.edu

The George and Helen Ladd Library • Bates College
48 Campus Avenue • Lewiston, Maine 04240
(207) 786-6263


Page author: Sandra L. Groleau
Date: 08/16/07


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