This site will work and look better in a modern Web browser that supports Web Standards such as XHTML and CSS. Please visit the WVU Libraries Web Browser Upgrade page for more information on upgrading your web browser.

WVU Libraries strongly recommends upgrading your web browser, but will continue to provide a site that will be functional in all web browsers.

  • A-Z Site Index  · 
  • Campus Map  · 
  • Directory  · 
  • Contact Us  · 
  • Hours  · 
  • WVU Home
  • Find
    • Articles
    • Books
    • Images
    • Movies
    • Sound & Video
    • Web Sites
  • Services
    • Borrowing
    • Copying
    • Depository Journals
    • Disabilities
    • Distance Education
    • eReserves & Reserves
    • Interlibrary Loan
    • Renew Books Online
    • Suggest a Purchase
  • Libraries & Collections
    • All Libraries & Collections
    • Appalachian Collection
    • Digital Collections
    • Government Information
    • Map Room
    • Media Services
    • Patents & Trademarks
    • Theses & Dissertations
  • Help & Instruction
    • Ask a Librarian
    • Classes
    • Computing
    • Faculty Information
    • Guides & Tutorials
    • Reference Online
    • Term Paper Clinic
  • Hours & Information
    • Driving Directions
    • Hours
    • Library Friends & News
    • Library History
    • Library Maps
    • Library Policies
    • Open-Access (OA)
    • Strategic Plan
    • Virtual Tour
  • Searching for Government Documents

  • Reference Shelf

  • FEDERAL
  • Selected Databases
  • Executive
  • Judicial
  • Legislative
  • Selected Useful Sites

  • West Virginia

  • Morgantown

  • International

  • Statistics

Federal: Judicial

Courts and Decisions | Laws and Regulations | Legal Search Engines

Courts and Decisions

Federal Judiciary  
    Homepage of the U.S. Court system.
Federal Judicial Center
  
    Biographical information on judges from all federal courts back to
    1789, as well as links to historical information in the federal courts.
FedWorld.gov (Supreme Court Decisions 1937-1975)
    Full-text of 7,407 U.S. Supreme Court Decisions issued between 1937 and 1975.
Supreme Court 

    Slip and bench opinions, court rules, biographical information, etc.
U.S. District Courts
  
    Links to all 11 district courts,  U.S. Court of Appeals and U.S. Court 
    of International Trade.
Understanding the Federal Courts
(PDF)  
    Overview and explanation of the federal courts and court system.

Laws and Regulations

Code of Federal Regulations
    CFR from 1996 to the present.
Federal Register
  
    Search the Federal Register back to 1995.
Thomas
  
    Text of Congressional bills from the 101st Congress to the present.
    Summaries of Congressional bills starting with the 93rd Congress.
U.S. Code
  
    Search 1994 through 2000 editions plus supplements.
U.S. Code (prior versions)
  
    Search the U.S. Code back to 1988.

Legal Search Engines

Law Crawler

Legal Information Institute  (Cornell University)
    
Yahoo! Law Directory

West Virginia University Libraries
P.O. Box 6069 WVU
1549 University Ave
Morgantown, WV 26505-6069

Phone: 304.293.4040
Fax: 304.293.6638
Email: ask_a_librarian@mail.wvu.edu
© WVU Libraries