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Researching Supreme Court Cases

There are a lot of resources both available for free and through the library to help you research your Supreme Court Case.

Oyez
Oyez (pronounced oh-yay), a free law project at Chicago-Kent, is a multimedia archive devoted to making the Supreme Court of the United States accessible to everyone. --- Start here for basic information.

Oxford Reference Online This link opens in a new window
Search Oxford Reference Online for summaries or short analyses of your case.
Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
Full text of court opinion, and annotated Case in Brief. Search with the full legal citation (eg. 347 U.S. 483).
Legal Collection This link opens in a new window
Search Legal Collection for commentary and analysis of cases in Law Journals
Academic Search Complete (1984-) This link opens in a new window
Indexes, abstracts, and full text for many scholarly publications covering all academic areas of study.

Supplementary information

How To Read A U.S. Supreme Court Opinion
A Supreme Court Opinion is the primary source for researching your cases. Make sure you know the different components of the opinion to make more sense out of it.
Academic Search Premier
Use Academic Search Premier, offered through the state of Ohio (INFOhio) to access quality resources from newspapers, magazines, and scholarly journals.