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Quick Links to Case Law:

Bound Volumes of the U.S. Supreme Court

Case Law Access (CAP) Project from the Harvard Law School Library collection

Court Listener by Free.Law

Financial Crimes Enforcement Network

FindLaw contains law cases, codes, & articles

FindLaw U.S. Supreme Court Opinion Summaries

Google Scholar Case Law

LII Legal Information Institute by Cornell Law School

Office of the Law Revision Counsel: United States Code

Social Security Administration Rulings

The People's Law Library of Maryland (Thurgood Marshall State Law Library)

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Wex Legal Dictionary & Legal Encyclopedia by LII Legal Information Institute at Cornell Law School

 

Use the following web sources for researching case law (opinions or decisions):

1. Cornell University Law's Legal Information Institute (LII - free access to U.S Supreme Court opinions): https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text

2. U.S. Supreme Court Bound Volumes: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/USReports.aspx

3. U.S. Supreme Court Slip Opinions: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/slipopinion/21

4. U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeal: https://www.uscourts.gov/

5. U.S. District Courts: https://www.govinfo.gov/app/collection/USCOURTS/CourtType2

6. Federal Court Homepages: https://www.uscourts.gov/about-federal-courts/federal-courts-public/court-website-links

7. Pacer Court Links (Public Access to Court Electronic Records): https://pacer.uscourts.gov/file-case/court-cmecf-lookup

8. United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit: https://cafc.uscourts.gov/

9. United States District Court of Maryland: https://www.mdd.uscourts.gov/

10. Federal Judicial Center - U.S. District Courts for the District of Maryland...: https://www.fjc.gov/history/courts/u.s.-district-courts-district-maryland-and-district-potomac

11. Blue Book Guide - Basic Case Citation - Written by Georgetown Law Library - https://guides.ll.georgetown.edu/bluebook/citing-cases

12. Maryland Appellate Court Opinions: https://www.mdcourts.gov/opinions/opinions 

13. Google Scholar: Go to Research Databases by Title on the library's webpage and select the link for Google Scholar or go to: https://scholar.google.com/; Select case law, then either Federal Courts or Maryland Courts.; Click on Select Courts for other states; Type in your search terms.  Google scholar contains published opinions on U.S. federal district, appellate, tax, and bankruptcy and U.S. Supreme Court cases.

 

 

 

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