Opinions
- Dates: Varies by source
- Access: Password required for LexisNexis, LOISLAW, Pacer, Westlaw
- Description: Provides full text of opinions; FindLaw provides links to opinions on official court web sites by circuit; Legal Information Institute provides access to all circuits from 1995 forward; LexisNexis (filename COURTS); LOISLAW; Pacer, and Westlaw (filename CTA; CTA-OLD for pre-1945).
Records and Briefs
- Dates: Varies by source
- Access: Password required for Westlaw
- Description: Provides full text of records and briefs filed before U.S. Courts of Appeal; Westlaw (filename CTA-BRIEF)
Docket and Case Information
- Dates: Varies by court
- Access: Password required for Pacer
- Description: Fee-based access for individual court of appeals docket and case management data from Pacer; includes listing of all parties and participants including judges, attorneys, and trustees; chronology of dates of case events entered in the case record; claims registry; judgments or case status
Rules
- Access: Password required for LexisNexis, LOISLAW, Westlaw
- Description: Provides full text of federal local court rules; site for each circuit lists rules;
- LexisNexis (filename CIRRUL); Westlaw (filename RULES-ALL)
