Finding a US Supreme Court Decision

Finding A United States Supreme Court Decision

Decisions are commonly accessed by subject, case name or citation.

I. Places to start when you have a subject like death penalty, first amendment rights, etc.

A. Print:

The Guide to American law: Everyone's Legal Encyclopedia.
Note: Library has original 12 volumes and supplements: 1987; 1990-1995
Location: Reference Books
Call Number: KF 154 .G85 1983

B. Internet resources:

Supreme Court Decisions Check the Topic list for terms by which decision subjects are popularly known, for example abortion
Oyez U.S. Supreme Court Multimedia The advanced page subject search has list of legal questions on which cases are decided, for example: use "right to privacy" not "abortion."

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II. Places to start when you have a case name, like Griswold v. Connecticut
or a citation to a case, like 410 U.S. 113 (1973)

A. Print:

Decisions of the United States Supreme Court.
Note: Library has volumes for 1963-64 to the present. Latest vol.: 2001-2002 term.
Location: Reference Books
Call Number: KF 101 .L3

B. Internet resources:

Please contact librarians@ohlone.edu
with your questions, comments, and suggestions.

last updated 11/8/2004

Finding A United States Supreme Court Decision

I. Places to start when you have a subject like death penalty, first amendment rights, etc.

A. Print:

II. Places to start when you have a case name, like Griswold v. Connecticut or a citation to a case, like 410 U.S. 113 (1973)

A. Print:

B. Internet resources:

II. Places to start when you have a case name, like Griswold v. Connecticut
or a citation to a case, like 410 U.S. 113 (1973)