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Electronic Resources

Trialdex – provides a searchable collection of federal civil and criminal instructions and annotations, as well as an index of 20,000 legal terms, statutes, CFRs, and Supreme Court cases referenced in jury instructions
Justia – Federal cases, dockets, and filings from U.S. District Courts and U.S. Courts of Appeal
The Supreme Court Database – contains over 200 pieces of information about each case decided by the Court between the 1791 and 2017 terms.

Last updated: April 22, 2025