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Federal Courts
This database contains the information for all judges who have served on the U.S. District Courts, U.S. Circuit Courts, U.S. Court of Appeals, and the Supreme Court since 1789.
The Federal Judicial Center presents basic reference information about the history of the federal courts and the judges who served on the federal courts since 1789.
Find information about the Supreme Court, links to the Supreme Court calendar and schedules, court rules, opinions, and more.
An official site, maintained by the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. Opinions are searchable by docket number, party name, or date issued. Also provides links to rules and procedures, forms and notices, mediation, and the argument calendar.
The official site of the Federal Northern District Court of West Virginia.
The official site of the Federal Southern District Court of West Virginia.
Federal Case Law
Opinions from the United States Supreme Court are available from the following sources:
The website of the United States Supreme Court hosts opinions from the 2010 term to the present.
Find SCOTUS opinions published in the United States Reports from 1754-2003.
Hosts SCOTUS opinions from 1990 to the present.
Opinions from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
A collection of Fourth Circuit opinions from 2005 to the present.
This official court page allows the user to search for official court opinions issued from January 1, 1996 to the present.
