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I. TENNESSEE – FEDERAL COURTS
United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit [11]
Tennessee, along with Kentucky, Michigan, and Ohio, make up the geographic jurisdiction of this Federal Court. Current Sixth Circuit opinions, and opinions going back to 1994, are found here. Published Opinions issued since January 1, 2000 and unpublished opinions issued since October 1, 2004 appear on The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit Opinion Search [12]. These opinions are searchable by case number, title keyword, date of issue, and opinion number.
United States Bankruptcy Court Western District of Tennessee [13]
Published and unpublished judges’ opinions of the Court filed between 1994 to the present are available here.
United States District Court of Western Tennessee [14]
Registration is required for access to Court electronic records. Additional information about the court, including online forms and applications, is found on this site.
II. TENNESSEE – STATE COURTS.
Tennessee Supreme Court Opinions [15]
Current Tennessee State Supreme Court opinions and opinions going back to the third quarter of 1995 are found here, as well as the Court Rules [16] of the Tennessee Supreme Court.
Tennessee Court of Appeals Opinions [17]
Current, and opinions going back to the third quarter of 1995, are found here.
Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals Opinions [18]
Current, and opinions going back to the third quarter of 1995, are found here.
Tennessee Ethics Opinions [19]
Judicial Ethics Opinions from 1997 to the present are available. Also, Board of Professional Responsibility – Formal Ethics Opinions from 1980 to the present are available here.
Worker’s Compensation [20]
Current, and opinions back to 1996, are found here.
III. TENNESSEE – SHELBY COUNTY – COURTS
Shelby County Chancery Court [21]
Case information is found here as well as information about the court, including court rules.
Circuit Court for the 30th Judicial District at Memphis [22]
Case information is available here as well as information about the court, including some commonly used court forms that can be downloaded.
Shelby County Criminal Court [23]
Case information is available here as well as biographical information about Criminal Court Judges and other information.
General Sessions Court [24]
Case information is available here as well as some court forms that can be downloaded and other information.
Shelby County Probate Court [25]
Information about the court is found here as well as some Probate Court forms that can be downloaded.
IV. OTHER COURTS – UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT CASES
United States Supreme Court [26]
The United States Supreme Court website provides the text of Slip Opinions, Term Opinions, and Term In-Chambers Opinions. In addition, there is a link to the full-text opinions, beginning with volume 502, from the 1991 term of the Supreme Court, of the United States Reports [27]. Also available are The Rules of the Supreme Court. [28]
Oyez: U.S. Supreme Court Multimedia [29]
Information about major historical Supreme Court cases is found here as well as digital recordings of court proceedings.
FindLaw : Supreme Court Opinions [30]
FindLaw has a searchable database of the Supreme Court Decisions since 1760 through the present.
Supreme Court Collection [31]
This collection, from the Cornell University School of Law’s Legal Information Institute, has Supreme Court decisions from 1990 to the present.
Supreme Court Decisions [32]
Bulk data download from govinfo of Supreme Court Decisions from 1937 to 1975.
Selected Historic Decisions of the United States Supreme Court [33]
Searchable database from the Legal Information Institute of 610 historic Supreme Court decisions.
V. OTHER COURTS – FEDERAL.
The Federal Judiciary Homepage [34]
Links are provided to each circuit of the United States Federal Court system where links to Courts of Appeal, U.S. District, and U.S. Bankruptcy Court home pages are found. Many of these home pages provide court decisions.
The Federal Court Locator [35]
This Villanova School of Law site provides links to the home pages of the United States Court of Appeals, to the home pages of U.S. District and U.S. Bankruptcy Courts, and to other federal courts. Most of these web sites have opinions available online.
Federal Rules – Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts [36]
This site provides access to the national and local rules currently in effect in federal courts and provides additional information about federal rules of practice, procedure and evidence. Proposed amendments to the rules are posted here for review and comment.
VI. OTHER COURTS – STATE
FindLaw – State Cases and Codes [37]
Links are provided here to sites which include court decisions from courts for each state.