Supreme Court Briefs
Print:
1793 – date: Landmark Briefs and Arguments of the Supreme Court of the United States. Location: Reading Room (L3) KF101.8 .K87. Select briefs published roughly two years following the decision.
1925 – 1980: Supreme Court of the United States Records and Briefs. Location: UES Top Shelves.
2000 – date: Supreme Court of the United States Records and Briefs. Past three years of briefs filed on UES top shelves, shelved by docket number. Prior to that, briefs are located at LSF – call number: BRIEFS and the docket number. (Contact a Reference Librarian for more assistance)
Microfiche and Film:
1832 – 1886: United States Supreme Court Records and Briefs. Location: Library Shelving Facility, place "request" to have film delivered to the circulation desk or Contact a Reference Librarian for assistance.
1897 – date: Supreme Court of the United States Records and Briefs. Location: UES. Use the fiche guide for cabinet information. Film arranged by U.S. Reports citation until 1972, since 1973 it is arranged by docket number.
Electronic Sources:
1832 – 1978: The Making Of Modern Law: U.S. Supreme Court Records and Briefs. Location: Law Library databases (network restricted). Selective coverage.
1979 – date: LexisNexis: U.S. Supreme Court Briefs.
1982 – date: Briefs of the Office of the Solicitor General. 1982 – 1985 Merits briefs, 1986 – 1990 Merit briefs and responses, 1993 – 1996 Merit briefs an responses, July 1998 - date all filings except In Forma Pauperis responses.
1999 – date: Findlaw: Supreme Court Briefs (free).
Court Website: http://supremecourtus.gov/
Supreme Court Oral Arguments
Print:
1793 – date: Landmark Briefs and Arguments of the Supreme Court of the United States. Location: Reading Room (L3) KF101.8 .K87. Select transcripts or summaries of oral arguments published roughly two years following the decision.
Microfiche and Film:
1952 – date: Oral Arguments, United States Supreme Court. Location: UES. Use the fiche guide for cabinet information.
Electronic Sources:
Oct. 1979 – date: LexisNexis: United States Supreme Court Transcripts.
Oct. 1990 – date: Westlaw: SCT-ORALARG
Oyez (http://www.oyez.org/). RealAudio recordings and MP3 files for selected cases.
United States Supreme Court – oral argument transcripts for cases argued from the October Term 2000 to the present (http://www.supremecourtus.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts.html)
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
Microfiche and Film:
Records and briefs of the U.S.C.A., Second Circuit. Location: LES. Arranged by docket number. Use the fiche guide for cabinet information.
Electronic Sources:
1981 – date: Westlaw: CTA2-BRIEF
Approx. 1990 – date: PACER: http://pacer.psc.uscourts.gov/ (password restricted to Yale law students – see a Reference Librarian)
Court Website: http://www.ca2.uscourts.gov/
United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia
Microfiche and Film:
1975 – 2004 Records and briefs of the U.S.C.A., District of Columbia Circuit. Location: LES. Arranged by docket number. Use the fiche guide for cabinet information.
Electronic Sources:
1976 - date: Westlaw: CTADC-BRIEF.
Approx. 1990 – date: PACER: http://pacer.psc.uscourts.gov/ (password restricted to Yale law students – see a Reference Librarian)
Court Website: http://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/internet/home.nsf
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Print:
1874 – 1986: Connecticut Supreme Court. Location: UES Top Shelves, call number KFC3645.9 .C66
Microfiche and Film:
1986 – date: Location: LES. Use the fiche guide for cabinet information.
Electronic Sources:
2002 – date: Westlaw: CT-SCT-BRIEF. Select coverage.
Court Website: http://www.jud.state.ct.us/external/supapp/
Appellate Court of Connecticut
Microfiche and Film:
1975 – date. Connecticut. Court of Appeals. Location: LES. Use the fiche guide for cabinet information.
Electronic Sources:
2002 – date: Westlaw: CT-APP-BRIEF. Select coverage.
Court Website: http://www.jud.ct.gov/external/supapp/appellate.htm
Other Courts
Westlaw
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