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Chapter 7
Covering the Courts: Resources

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Court-Related
   Websites
State by State
Pay Services
Organizational Resources


     

Court-Related Websites

Federal court records: http://pacer.uspci.uscourts.gov/

U.S. Supreme Court: http://www.supremecourtus.gov/
http://www.oyez.org/oyez/frontpage

U.S. Courts: http://www.uscourts.gov/

State by state:

Alabama: http://www.alacourt.com/

Alaska: http://www.appellate.courts.state.ak.us/
http://orca.courts.state.ak.us/names/

Arizona: http://www.supreme.state.az.us/publicaccess/default.htm

Arkansas: http://courts.state.ar.us/opinions/opinions.html

California: http://appellatecases.courtinfo.ca.gov/

Colorado: http://www.cocourts.com/

Connecticut: http://www.jud2.state.ct.us/civil_inquiry/

Delaware: http://www.municipalcourt.org:81/connection/court/index.xsp?disclaimer=accept

District of Columbia: http://www.dccourts.gov/dccourts/superior/index.jsp

Florida: https://www.myfloridacounty.com/services/officialrecords_intro.shtml

Georgia: http://www.gasupreme.us

Hawaii: http://www.courts.state.hi.us/index.jsp

Idaho: http://www.isc.idaho.gov

Illinois: http://www.judici.com/
http://www.state.il.us/court/
http://www.cookcountyclerkofcourt.org/index.htm

Indiana: http://www.in.gov/judiciary/supreme

Iowa: http://www.judicial.state.ia.us/online_records/

Kansas: http://www.accesskansas.org/government/courts-corrections.html

Kentucky: http://www.kycourts.net

Lousiana: http://www.lasc.org

Maine: http://www.courts.state.me.us

Maryland: http://www.courts.state.md.us/dialup.html

Massachusetts: http://www.ma-appellatecourts.org/search.php

Michigan: http://www.courts.michigan.gov

Minnesota: http://www.courts.state.mn.us

Mississippi: http://www.mssc.state.ms.us

Missouri: http://www.osca.state.mo.us

Montana: http://www.lawlibrary.state.mt.us/dscgi/ds.py/View/Collection-79

Nebraska: http://court.nol.org

Nevada: http://court.nol.org

New Hampshire: http://www.courts.state.nh.us

New Jersey: http://www.judiciary.state.nj.us/supreme

New Mexico: http://www.nmcourts.com/newface/clookup/disclaim.html

New York: http://www.courts.state.ny.us/home.htm
http://portal.courts.state.ny.us/pls/portal30/cms_dev.attorney_court_schedules.show

North Carolina: http://www.nccourts.org

North Dakota: http://www.court.state.nd.us

Ohio: http://www.sconet.state.oh.us

Oklahoma: http://www.oscn.net/applications/oscn/casesearch.asp

Oregon: http://www.ojd.state.or.us/index.htm

Pennsylvania: http://www.courts.state.pa.us/
http://ujsportal.pacourts.us/WebDocketSheets/WebDocketSheets.aspx

Rhode Island: http://www.courts.state.ri.us/default.htm

South Carolina: http://www.judicial.state.sc.us

South Dakota: http://www.sdjudicial.com

Tennessee: http://www.tsc.state.tn.us

Texas: http://www.state.tx.us/category.jsp?language=eng&categoryId=6.3

Utah: http://www.utcourts.gov/opinions

Vermont: http://www.vermontjudiciary.org/default.aspx
http://www.vermontjudiciary.org/Resources/docs/Opinions.htm

Virginia: http://www.courts.state.va.us/main.htm

Washington: http://www.courts.wa.gov/opinions/index.cfm

West Virginia: http://www.state.wv.us/wvsca/default.htm

Wisconsin: http://wcca.wicourts.gov/index.xsl

Wyoming: http://courts.state.wy.us

Pay Services

http://www.findlaw.com

http://www.legaldockets.com/

This site (http://www.courtaccess.org) states that it is “an information clearinghouse on the topic of public access to court records and the current debate on privacy concerns that arise as courts improve and expand their court information systems and put more information on the Internet.”

Organizational Resources

Sites that may be helpful or provide inspiration for looking for similar organizations in other states:

Expert witnesses: http://www.expertlaw.com/index.html

Prosecutorial misconduct: http://www.publicintegrity.org/pm/

Illinois Judicial Inquiry Board: http://www.state.il.us/jib/default.htm

Innocence Project: http://www.innocenceproject.org/

National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers: http://www.nacdl.org

National Legal Aid & Defender Association: http://www.nlada.org/Member_Svcs/Publications/Directory/

National District Attorneys Association: http://www.ndaa.org/index.html

National Institute of Corrections: http://www.nicic.org/

National Institute of Justice: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij/

State bar associations: http://www.palidan.com/statebar.htm

Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse: http://trac.syr.edu/
(data on federal prosecutions)

National Criminal Justice Reference Service: http://www.ncjrs.org/

U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/

American Prosecutors Research Institute: http://www.ndaa-apri.org/apri/

 

 



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