Research Guides: *Legal Studies: U.S. Supreme Court

Background Information

U.S. Supreme Court Official Reports (HeinOnline)
U.S. Reports 1754-2011, and slip opinions 2002-present.
United States Reports Bound Volumes (1991-)
Opinions, orders, and other materials issued by the Court.

Nexis Uni
Enter a citation under "Look up a Legal Case." All opinions, as well as briefs dating back to 1936.

Supreme Court Yearbook
Year-end overviews of Supreme Court terms from 1989-2012; case summaries of every opinion written during each court term; essays on the most significant cases from each year and the trends in each term; useful tables and figures on voting patterns and constitutional law.
SCOTUSblog
Discussion of recent developments in U.S. Supreme Court jurisprudence.
Supreme Court Review
Authoritative survey of the implications of the Court's most significant decisions.

Essential Supreme Court Decisions by John R. Vile
Location: Bates Reference KF4547.4 .V55 2010

Published: 2010

Summaries of cases organized by articles and amendments to the Constitution.
United States Supreme Court Decisions: An Index to Excerpts, Reprints, and Discussions by Janousek & Guenther
Location: Bates Reference KF101.6 .G83 1983 & 2001

For research on earlier decision, a bibliography of discussions and excerpts of decisions in journals. In two volumes.

In the LibrarySearch, look under the subject Judges United States Biography or 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).

The Justices of the United States Supreme Court, 1789-1995
Location: Bates Reference KF8744 .F75 1995

Analytical biographical essays by legal scholars, with discussions of major opinions and selected bibliographies.
Supreme Court of the United States, 1789-1980: An Index to Opinions Arranged by Justice by Blandford & Evans
Location: Bates Reference KF101.6 .B57 1983

For past supreme court justices, a complete list of their opinions.
Biographical Encyclopedia of the Supreme Court by M. Urofsky
Location: Bates Reference KF8744 .B56 2006

Published: 2006
Chief Justiceships of the United States
Location: See link above.

Book series of biographies.