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United States Constitution: Constitution at the National Archives; Constitution at the Library of Congress; Continental Congress and Constitutional Convention documents
Amendments: Bill of Rights at the National Archives; Bill of Rights and other amendments at Cornell's Legal Information Institute

Law Library Subscribers Only. Includes case law from Federal appellate, district, bankruptcy, and tax courts, as well as 50 states.

Download the Full Text Opinions as bound in the official U.S. Reports, from volume 502 (1991) to the present.

A selection of briefs submitted to the Supreme Court, analyzed and hosted by the American Bar Association Division of Public Education

Supreme Court Docket Report

Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw's brief reports on Supreme Court cases of "interest to the business community"

6th Circuit Court of Appeals (Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee)

Search Opinions since 1994.

Ohio District Courts: Northern | Bankruptcy; Southern | Bankruptcy | Probation
Kentucky District Courts: Eastern | Bankruptcy; Western | Bankruptcy | Probation
Michigan District Courts: Eastern | Bankruptcy | Probation; Western | Bankruptcy
Tennessee District Courts: Eastern | Bankruptcy; Middle | Bankruptcy | Probation and Pre-trial; Western | Bankruptcy | Probation

7th Circuit of Appeals (Indiana, Illinois & Wisconsin)

Indiana District Courts: Northern | Northern Bankruptcy | Northern Pre-Trial/Probation; Southern | Southern Bankruptcy | Southern Pre-Trial/Probation
Illinois District Courts: Northern | Northern Bankruptcy | Northern Probation | Northern Pre-Trial; Central | Central Bankruptcy; Southern | Southern Bankruptcy | Southern Pre-Trial/Probation

U.S. Code (USC) (House of Representatives): Codified laws of the United States.; Alternate site: U.S. Code (USC) (Cornell Law School)
U.S. Code Table of Popular Names
Prior Versions of the U.S. Code: Search prior versions of the U.S. Code, going back to 1988.
U.S. Session Law: Search the public laws, as passed and prior to codification, from 1973 to the present.
THOMAS Legislative Information on the Internet: The Library of Congress' legislative site, including bill summaries, text, committee reports, and more.
House of Representatives | Senate: The official sites for the two chambers of the United States Legislature.

Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) (GPO): Codification of Federal regulations; Alternate site: Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) (Cornell Law School)
Federal Register (GPO: 1994-present): Alternate site: Federal Register (Findlaw: 1995-present)
Cabinet and Executive Offices: This information, hosted at the White House Web site, details information about the Executive branch.
Executive Orders: Orders of the President of the United States, going back to 2001.
Executive Agencies Directory: This listing, provided by the Library of Congress, breaks out all agencies, like the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Department of Justice, as well as many of the specific entities that have valuable legal information, like the Patent and Trademark Office, Occupational Saftey and Health Administration (OSHA), and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

General Federal Resources

USA.gov: A gateway site to all kinds of information related to the Federal government (formerly known as Firstgov.gov)
Government Printing Office Access Online: A number of special collections, databases, and other information managed by the GPO
Central Intelligence Agency World Factbook: A frequently updated guide to information about countries, including imports, exports, and other geographic, economic, and cultural facts.