Research Guides Home: Federal Government Information (ACLL): Federal Courts Generally

General Resources

Federal Court Locator
Allows the user to find the district and circuit courts in a particular geographic area.
Federal Rules
From Cornell's Legal Information Institute
Oral Arguments
Court Listener's archive of oral arguments from the Supreme Court and selected Circuit Courts.
Quick Links and Sources to U.S. Court Opinons
A guide from the Law Librarians' Society of Washington, D.C.
U.S. Courts Website
The national website administered by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts.
U.S. Federal Court System and Decisions
A guide created by the Library of Congress
Understanding the Federal Courts
A guide from the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts (50 page P.D.F.)