Signatures as a means of confirming the accuracy of these texts. Those interested in verifying accuracy may be interested in our work with digital Decisionsįrom January 1997 onward were received by the LII via direct HERMES transmission Licensed under arrangements with USSC+ and with LEXIS/NEXIS.ĭecisions from May 1990 to January of 1997 were released by the Court under theĪegis of Project Hermes, archived in WordPerfect format at Case Western University,Īnd then converted by us to HTML in January of 1997. We provide a variety of finding aids with this collection, Of the Court's most important decisions from the founding of the court to The LII Collection of Historic Decisions of the US Supreme Court is available We also have mounted the text of the courtĪbout the court's authority and jurisdiction, and a continually-expanding glossary of terms encountered in decisions. InformationĪnd decision list for each of the justices. We have also constructed a richĪssortment of caselists and finding aids which you may find useful. Furtherĭetails about the collection itself and some of its technical workings are available. The addition of US Reports citation information and the construction of caselistsīy party name) takes place on an annual basis each summer. Is updated as new decisions are received from the Court some maintenance (notably Into richly crosslinked HTML for mounting at our site. Receiving our own Hermes distribution, and also converted the entire CWRU "backlist" Until January of 1997, the LII did not archiveĭecisions at Cornell but instead built finding aids on top of the existing InternetĬollection at Case Western Reserve University. The Court began distributing decisions electronically under the auspices of The LII maintains two collections of decisions by the US Supreme Court: Currentĭecisions distributed through Project Hermes ThereĪre other sources for the opinions this is not a comprehensive list.Īnother interesting collection is Northwestern'sĬollection of oral arguments, delivered via streaming audio.
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Finally, the fee-based WestDoc service provides full coverage of all the court's decisions. Some 450 older cases dating back to 1793. Service from Infosynthesis provides full coverage from 1966 onward, and The Findlaw collection also reaching back to 1937 is comprehensive without the post-1975 gap. FedWorld provides pointers to various uses of the FLITE database, including one at Villanova FLITE onlyĬovers the period from 1937 to 1975, but does so comprehensively. Of the court's most important decisions through the whole period of its existence. The LIIĬollection of historic decisions of the US Supreme Court contains over 300 Of on-Net sources, in a variety of formats. Since 1990 are made available under the auspices of Project Hermes.ĭecisions prior to 1990 are available from a variety The Supreme Court is the highest court in the US judicial system. The Supreme Court is also responsible for establishing rules of practice and procedures for the Court of Justice, which includes the conduct of judges and attorneys.LII Collection: US Supreme Court decisions Where to find. Cases involving the death penalty, life imprisonment or imprisonment for twenty years or more go directly from the circuit court level, where the cases are tried, to the Supreme Court for review as a matter of right. Attorneys with written briefs and oral arguments addressing the legal issues, which the Court must decide, present the case to the Supreme Court. The justices, as a panel, hear appeals of decisions from the lower courts and issue decisions or "opinions" on cases.Ī case, which comes before the Supreme Court, is not retried.
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