This document provides information on conducting federal and Florida judicial legal research. It lists websites for the US Supreme Court, 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, and other federal court opinion sources. For Florida research, it outlines sites for the Florida Supreme Court, District Courts of Appeal, Circuit Courts and other sources like FastCase and Florida Law Weekly. The document aims to direct researchers to the best online sources for recent court opinions, docket information, and justice/judge biographies at both the federal and state level in Florida.

1. Federal Judicial Legal Research: Go to the Source

5. Federal Judicial Legal Research United States Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit http://www.ca11.uscourts.gov/ Opinions from 1995 to present PDF format Can search by Keyword (like party name) Case number Date of issue of opinion

9. Federal Judicial Legal Research Other helpful sites

10. Federal Judicial Legal Research Oyez- Supreme Court Opinions and Information http://www.oyez.org/ All Supreme Court cases listed by year Bios of all Supreme Court Justices Cornell Law Legal Information Institute http://www.law.cornell.edu/ Supreme Court decisions from 1990- present Links to sites for other court opinions

11. Federal Judicial Legal Research Justia Supreme Court Center http://supreme.justia.com/ 1791 to the present FindLaw http://lp.findlaw.com/

12. Florida Judicial Legal Research Go to the Source

13. Florida Judicial Legal Research Florida Supreme Court Opinions Florida Supreme Court & District Courts of Appeals http://www.floridasupremecourt.org/decisions/opinions.shtml Opinions from 1999 to present Also has links to all Florida District Courts of Appeal FSU College of Law’s Florida Supreme Court Briefs and Opinions http://www.law.fsu.edu/library/flsupct/index.html From 1990 to present Listed by Docket Number Can search by keyword

16. Florida Judicial Legal Research First District Court of Appeal http://opinions.1dca.org/ Opinions from Jan. 2003 Second District Court of Appeal http://www.2dca.org/opinions/opinions.shtml Opinions from Aug. 2001 Third District Court of Appeals http://www.3dca.flcourts.org/Opinions/Opinions.shtml Opinions from Jul. 2001 Fourth District Court of Appeals http://www.4dca.org/opinions.shtml Opinions from Jan. 2005 Fifth District Court of Appeals http://www.5dca.org/opinions.shtml Opinions from May 2001

17. Florida Judicial Legal Research Florida Circuit Courts http://www.flcourts.org/courts/circuit/circuit.shtml Links to the Circuit Court websites and counties Contains other helpful information about Florida Circuit Courts

18. Florida Judicial Legal Research Other helpful sources

19. Florida Judicial Legal Research FastCase Free limited access for certain bar associations Florida Bar Members can view U.S. Supreme Court decisions Florida Supreme Court & Appellate Court decisions Nationwide Statutes and Regulations Authority Check Dual Column Batch & Printing Visualize Search Results with Timeline View

27. Florida Judicial Legal Research Florida Law Weekly (FLW) http://www.floridalawweekly.com/flwonline/ Florida Law Weekly print collection available at the FSU Research Center FLW Online available with FSU login

28. Florida Judicial Legal Research Florida Law Weekly includes: Florida Law Weekly Florida Appellate Court decisions from 1995 to present FLW Supplement Significant circuit court appellate, circuit court trial and county court decisions from October 2002 to present FLW Federal Federal cases from the U. S. Supreme Court, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit, U.S. District Courts in Florida & U.S. Bankruptcy Courts in Florida

33. All Judicial Legal Research Google Scholar http://scholar.google.com/ Allows user to search diverse sources find articles and court opinions locate them either on the web or through a library