Federal and State Cases – Print and Electronic Materials and Resources
Laura E. Ray, MA, MLS				MaryLu T. Gordon, JD
Educational Programming Librarian			PSC311, Civil Rights & Civil Liberties
Cleveland-Marshall College of Law			25 September 2007

Note:	Print Materials listed here are held by the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Library.

United States Reports  (2nd floor, rows 303 & 304, KF101 A2)
(v. 1- , 1754- )  Note “nominative” reporter volumes (eg, Dallas, Cranch, Wheaton, etc.) for volumes 1-108. 
[West’s] Supreme Court Reporter  (2nd floor, row 304, KF101 .A322)
	Covers 106 US onward.
United States Supreme Court Reports, Lawyers’ Edition  (2nd floor, row 304, KF101 .A312)
	Covers 1 US onward.

“Where to Obtain US Supreme Court Opinions”
http://www.supremecourtus.gov/opinions/obtainopinions.pdf	
	Details all published print and electronic sources for the court's opinions.

US Supreme Court Web Site – http://www.supremecourtus.gov/
	Opinions from 2004 term to date.

Cornell Law School's Legal Information Institute – http://www.law.cornell.edu/
Supreme Court Collection – http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/index.html
	Opinions from 1990 to date, and the
Selected Historic Decisions – http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/cases/historic.htm
Over 600 historic US Supreme Court opinions, searchable by topic as well as party name and opinion author.

FedWorld.gov FLITE  (Federal Legal Information Through Electronics)
http://supcourt.ntis.gov/	
	Database of opinions from 1937 to 1975.

FindLaw's Supreme Court Opinions – http://www.findlaw.com/casecode/supreme.html
	Free searchable database of opinions dating back to 1893.

United States Supreme Court Records and Briefs – http://curiae.law.yale.edu/
Beta site for "The Curiae Project" at the Yale Law Library.  Provides Supreme Court records and briefs and other relevant materials.  Cases selected for addition to the site based on a ranking developed from citation data in historical and constitutional texts.

Federal Reporter  (2nd floor;  Fed – rows 304 & 305, KF110 .F42;  Fed2d – rows 305 & 306, KF110 .F422;  Fed3d – row 306, KF110 .F423)
1880-1931 volumes cover selected decisions from US Circuit Courts of Appeals and District Courts.
1932-  volumes cover decisions from US Circuit Courts of Appeals.
US Circuit Courts of Appeals established in 1891 reorganization of federal judiciary system.  Previously, “lower” federal courts were Circuit and District Courts.
Federal Reporter also includes opinions from several other federal courts (eg, Court of Customs and Patent Appeals); coverage of these opinions comes and goes.

Federal Supplement  (2nd floor;  FedSupp – rows 306 & 307, KF120 .F42;  FedSupp2d – rows 307 & 308, KF120 .F422)
Selected decisions from US District Courts.
Federal Supplement also includes opinions from several other federal courts (eg, US Court of International Trade); coverage of these opinions comes and goes.

Federal Appendix  (2nd floor, row 306, KF110 .F43)
Selected “unreported” decisions from US Circuit Courts of Appeals.

Federal Rules Decisions  (Atrium level, KF8830 .W47)
Selected decisions from US District Courts on procedural issues related to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure.
Also includes judicial conference proceedings, speeches, and articles.

PACER – http://pacer.psc.uscourts.gov/
Public Access to Court Electronic Records (PACER) is an electronic public access service that allows users to obtain case and docket information from Federal Appellate, District, and Bankruptcy courts, as well as the US Party/Case Index.  Note: PACER requires registration and results are not free (currently $.07 page).  A PACER login and password allows access to Federal case and docket information in all approved Federal Judiciary electronic public access programs including PACER,RACER, CM/ECF, and the U.S. Party/Case Index.

LexisOne's Free Case Law http://www.lexisone.com/caselaw/freecaselaw?action=FCLDisplayCaseSearchForm&loc=L1E
	Federal and state case law for the most recent five years.

FindLaw's Case Law – http://www.findlaw.com/casecode/
Links to searchable databases of federal appellate court opinions by circuit and Web sites of the district courts.

American Law Reports  (1st floor, Reference;  ALR – row 208, KF132 .A5;  ALR2d – rows 208 & 209, KF132 .A52;  ALR3d – row 209, KF132 .A53;  ALR4th – row 209, KF132 .A54;  ALR5th – row 210, KF132 .A55;  ALR6th – row 210, KF132 .A56;  ALRFed – row 207, KF132 .A47;  ALR Index – row 210, KF132.6 .I53)
ALR article also called “annotation” – reports case, then provides analysis of decisions on issues closely related to issues addressed in that case.  Each annotation includes numerous research references.
“Index” includes ALR2d, ALR3d, ALR4th, ALR5th, ALR6th, and ALRFed.  Last volume of “Index” also contains “Annotation History Table” – use this to update annotation.

Ohio is in the Sixth Circuit Federal Court of Appeals
http://www.ca6.uscourts.gov/internet/index.htm	

Federal trial court serving Northeast Ohio is the United States District Court, Northern District, for the State of Ohio – http://www.ohnd.uscourts.gov/

United States Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of Ohio
http://www.ohnb.uscourts.gov/	

Supreme Court of Ohio – http://www.sconet.state.oh.us/default_highres.asp
	Reporter of Decisions – http://www.sconet.state.oh.us/rod/newpdf/?source=0
		Opinions issued since 1992; full text searchable.
Office of Public Information – http://www.sconet.state.oh.us/Communications_office/
Opinions and case summaries, oral argument summaries, news, and other materials. 

 The Ohio Appellate District court serving Cuyahoga County is the Eighth District Court of Appeals – http://appeals.cuyahogacounty.us/
	Opinions 1990-2005
http://gopher.floodgap.com/gopher/gw?gopher://library.cpl.org:7077/		
Also provides link to Ohio Supreme Court's Web site, where 8th District Court of Appeals decisions can be searched from 2000 to date.  Decisions of Ohio's other Courts of Appeal, as well as the Court of Claims, are also searchable from the Supreme Court's Reporter of Decisions page.

All Ohio state case reporters are in 1st floor, Ohio Room.

Currently, Ohio official reports are published in:
	Ohio State Reports 3d (Ohio Supreme Court)
	Ohio Appellate Reports 3d (Ohio Courts of Appeals)
	Ohio Miscellaneous Reports 2d (selected Ohio Common Pleas and Municipal Courts)

Ohio State Reports  and  Ohio State Reports 2d  –  rows 224 and 225, KFO45 .A2
Ohio State Reports 3d volumes 1-60  –  see Ohio Official Reports below.
Ohio Official Reports: Ohio State Reports 3d volume 61- ,  row 225, KFO45 .A23

Ohio Appellate Reports  –  rows 228 & 229, KFO48 .A2
Ohio Appellate Reports 2d  –  row 229, KFO48 .A21
Ohio Appellate Reports 3d volume 1-60  –  see Ohio Official Reports below.
Ohio Official Reports: Ohio Appellate Reports 3d volumes 61-92, row 229, KFO48 .A23
Ohio Appellate Reports 3d volume 93-  –  see Ohio Official Reports below.

Ohio Miscellaneous Reports  –  row 230, KFO51 .A2
Ohio Miscellaneous Reports 2d volumes 1-60  –  see Ohio Official Reports below.
Ohio Official Reports: Ohio Miscellaneous Reports 2d, volumes 61-63, row 230, KFO51 .A22
Ohio Miscellaneous Reports 2d volume 64-  –  see Ohio Official Reports below.

Ohio Official Reports
	row 225, KFO45 .A21; contains OHSt2d, OHApp2d, and OHMisc
row 225, KFO45 .A22; contains volumes 1-60 of OHSt3d, OHApp3d, and OHMIsc2d
row 229, KFO48 .A241; contains OHApp3d volumes 93-  and  OHMisc2d volumes 64- .

Unofficial reporters for Ohio are North Eastern Reporter and North Eastern Reporter 2d. These cover Ohio State Reports v. 43- , 1885- . 
North Eastern Reporter – 2nd floor, row 310, KF135 .N6 N62
North Eastern Reporter 2d – 2nd floor, rows 310 & 311, KF135 .N6 N63