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Weekly newsletter from Bloomberg Law Reports.

Official website, with dockets, opinions, court rules, transcripts, briefs, and oral arguments.

Currently includes cases and analysis for Supreme Court cases beginning with 1953. It recently received a grant from the NSF, and will eventually include all Supreme Court cases back to 1792.

Official website for federal judiciary, includes links to all federal courts of appeals and district courts.

Cornell's LII has links to the state court websites for all 50 states.

Official website, includes links to the Court of Appeals, Appellate Division, Supreme Court, Family Court, Surrogate's Court, and others. Includes E-Courts system, which allows case tracking.

Searchable database of decisions from federal and state courts.

Searchable database of all federal cases from the Supreme Court and Courts of Appeals and state cases beginning with 1997.

Access to Supreme Court cases since 1805 and Courts of Appeals cases since 1950. Allows bulk downloading of case law.

Access to all Supreme Court cases, Courts of Appeals cases beginning with 1950, district court cases beginning with 2004, some state case law. Allows browsing by type of lawsuit.

Free access to all Supreme Court cases and the last 10 years of state and federal cases.

Free access to all Supreme Court cases, Courts of Appeals cases beginning with 1950, district court cases beginning with 2004, and state case law. State case law coverage varies depending on the jurisdiction, some begin in 1992, others more recently.