USA Law

Tag: Court Opinions

  • Supreme Court Cases

    Supreme Court Cases in the United States Supreme Court of the United States: How Cases Come Before the Court Introduction to Supreme Court Cases For much of the Supreme Court’s history, Congress required it to hear a large percentage of cases appealed from the lower courts. But over the […]

  • Legal Research Information

    Legal Research Information in the United States Electronic Legal Research This section provides a brief overview of legal resources in electronic format. Electronic legal resources play an increasingly important role in legal research. What is meant by electronic legal resources are those […]

  • Written Opinions

    Written Opinions in the United States Written Opinions Definition Written opinions have been defined by the Judicial Conference as any document issued by a judge or judges of the court sitting in that capacity, that sets forth a reasoned explanation for a court’s decision. The […]

  • Indexes of the Encyclopedias of Law

    Indexes of the Encyclopedias of Law in the United States A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T| U | V | W |…

  • Legal Research Guides

    Legal Research Guides in the United States After the Cohen and Berring’s How to Find the Law, the standard print legal research guides are Kent Olson’s Principles of Legal Research (successor to How to Find the Law) and Barkan, Mersky and Dunn’s Fundamentals of Legal Research (formerly by […]