Resources

The following Internet-based resources may provide additional information about the Federal court system. While every effort is made to keep resources up-to-date, some links may have changed or expired. Additionally, some resources may not meet generally-accepted accessibility standards for information technology accessibility.

Introduction

• Administrative Office of the Federal Courts:
    www.uscourts.gov/index.html

• Understanding the Federal Courts:
    www.uscourts.gov/understand02/index.html

• How Courts Work:
    www.abanet.org/publiced/courts/home.html

• History of the Federal Judiciary:
    www.fjc.gov/history/home.nsf

• Inside the Federal Courts:
    www.fjc.gov/federal/courts.nsf

Structure of the Federal Courts

• Federal Judiciary Court Links:
    www.uscourts.gov/allinks.html

• Federal Judicial Center:
    www.fjc.gov/

• The Third Branch:
    www.fjc.gov/

• The Federal Court Locator:
    www.law.vill.edu/library/researchandstudyguides/federalcourtlocator.asp

Jurisdiction of the Federal Courts

• Jurisdiction: An Overview:
    www.law.cornell.edu/topics/jurisdiction.html

Federal District Courts

• District & Bankruptcy Courts:
    www.law.cornell.edu/federal/districts.html

Federal Courts of Appeal

• Court Links:
    www.uscourts.gov/links.html

• Federal Courts Finder:
    www.law.emory.edu/FEDCTS/

• Federal Law Materials:
    www.law.cornell.edu/federal/opinions.html

• First Circuit (Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island):
    www.ca1.uscourts.gov/

• Second Circuit (Connecticut, New York, Vermont):
    www.ca2.uscourts.gov/

• Third Circuit (Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virgin Islands):
    www.ca3.uscourts.gov/

• Fourth Circuit (Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia):
    www.ca4.uscourts.gov/

• Fifth Circuit (Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas):
    www.ca5.uscourts.gov/

• Sixth Circuit (Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Tennessee):
    www.ca6.uscourts.gov/

• Seventh Circuit (Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin):
    www.ca7.uscourts.gov/

• Eighth Circuit (Arkansas, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota):
    www.ca8.uscourts.gov/

• Ninth Circuit (Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Guam):
    www.ca9.uscourts.gov/

• Tenth Circuit (Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Utah, Wyoming):
    www.ca10.uscourts.gov/

• Eleventh Circuit (Alabama, Florida, Georgia):
    www.ca11.uscourts.gov/

• District of Columbia Circuit:
    www.cadc.uscourts.gov/

Supreme Court

• Supreme Court of the United States:
    www.supremecourtus.gov/

• Legal Information Institute - Supreme Court Collection:
    supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/

• FindLaw Supreme Court Center:
    supreme.lp.findlaw.com/supreme_court/resources.html

• The OYEZ Project:
    www.oyez.org/oyez/frontpage

• OYEZ Baseball:
    www.learnnc.org/bestweb/oyez

Other Federal Courts

• Bankruptcy Courts:
    www.findlaw.com/10fedgov/judicial/bankruptcy_courts.html

• United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit:
    www.fedcir.gov/index.html

• United States Tax Court :
    www.ustaxcourt.gov/

• United States Court of International Trade:
    www.cit.uscourts.gov/

• United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims:
    www.vetapp.gov/

• United States Court of Federal Claims:
    www.uscfc.uscourts.gov/

• United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces:
    www.armfor.uscourts.gov/

About Legal Research

• FindLaw:
    www.findlaw.com/

• Legal Information Institute:
    www.law.cornell.edu/

Glossary

• Law.com Dictionary:
    dictionary.law.com/

• Jurist - University of Pittsburgh:
    jurist.law.pitt.edu/dictionary.htm

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