Supreme Court of the United States

Ensure a docket is current by noting the "Current As Of" date. To update a docket, click "Update Docket." Use "Track Docket" to receive emails when there is an update to the docket.

Briefs and petitions from the 1978-79 term to the present. A few pre-1978 briefs are also available. Selected cert. petitions from 1978 to the present. A docket-number search is most accurate because parties' names can change while the case is pending.

Approximately 150,000 Supreme Court cases are featured, the majority consisting of those for which the Court did not give a full opinion. Transcripts are listed by case name and the date of oral argument.

Full opinions from Supreme Court argued cases, including dockets, petition stage & merit briefs, oral arguments, joint appendices, and amicus briefs.

Selected coverage begins with 1930 (Briefs), 1985 (Petitions), & 1982 (Joint Appendices).

(U.S. Supreme Court)
"The Supreme Court’s docket system contains information about cases, both pending and decided, that have been filed at the Court. The docket provided here contains complete information regarding the status of cases filed since the beginning of the 2001 Term."

(Free Law Project)
Free database of millions of PACER documents gathered from gathered using the RECAP Extensions for Firefox, Chrome and Safari. Coverage is 1960 to date.

(Cornell Legal Information Institute (LII), Justia, and Chicago-Kent College of Law)
A free law project devoted to making the Supreme Court of the United States accessible. The "cases" section of the Oyez site includes selected briefs and petitions. Search for a case, or select the year and case name to see if briefs and petitions are available.

Generally reports on major merits cases before the court at least three times: before argument, after argument, and after the decision. For the merits cases and the petitions covered, all briefs are provided. Coverage is 2007 to date.

(U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of the Solicitor General)
1985 - present. Includes Calls for the Views of the Solicitor General (CVSG) briefs: when SCOTUS invites the Solicitor General to file an amicus brief "expressing the views of the United States" about whether the case (based on the petition for certiorari) warrants the Court's review.

(Law Library of Congress)
Supreme Court records and briefs are available in multiple formats, including print, microform, and digital.