The University of Alabama School of Law
The University of Alabama School of Law
Cornell's Legal Information Institute is a non-profit site that is free for anyone to use. It hosts Supreme Court cases from 1990 to present in both HTML and PDF and often provides links to users looking to access various federal and state cases, statutes, and regulations. Please note that, when it comes to lower Federal and State cases, LII mostly links users to other sites where they will find the case and does not have the case itself on the site.
If you have an idea of what you're looking for, such as a party name, you can use the search bar to locate your resource. Another way is to hover over the "Get the Law" tab at the top of the page and selecting "Supreme Court." However, you can also scroll down and find a section titled "Legal Resources," where you'll find links to a variety of documents, including the link "Supreme Court," which will also lead you to Supreme Court cases.
Both links will redirect you to a page with a list of the most recent decisions. Below that list, there will be a text box with a variety of resources, such as the "Archive of Decisions" and "Current Awareness." Using these links, you can easily find those same recent decisions, as well as older cases. See below for an example of the text box.
The easiest way to locate Federal Cases is to hover over the "Get the Law" tab then hover over the "Law by Jurisdiction" option. From there, you'll be able to select "Federal Law" and can scroll down to the "Judicial Branch" section, where you'll find links to decisions from the Supreme Court, Federal Court of Appeals, and other federal courts.
One way to find state cases is to hover over "Get the Law," then "Law by Jurisdiction." You'll then be given the option for "State Law." From there, you'll want to select "Listing by Jurisdiction," where you'll find a list of states and territories you can select from. You can select a state, which will redirect you to a page with links to various websites that can be accessed to locate state court level opinions. For example, if you select Alabama, you will be redirected to a page that has various links to: Alabama's Constitution and Legislation; their Judiciary; Regulations and Other Agency Materials; and Additional Collections of State Legal Resources.