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Title: Federal Courts Finder
Alternate Title: Emory Law School, Law Library, Federal Courts Finder
URL: http://www.law.emory.edu/law-library/research/federal-courts-finder.html External Link
Description: An electronic full-text collection of decisions handed down by the eleven Federal Circuit Courts of Appeal. This site serves as a full-text archive for decisions handed down in the Federal Circuit Courts back to 1994. Current decisions are encoded and added within 24 hours of their public release.

Provides access to the sites for each of the federal circuit courts' and the Supreme Court's published opinions. Includes multi-colored map with each of the courts geographical areas colored differently and numbered.Presents the U.S. Federal Courts finder, sponsored by the Department of Information Technology Systems (ITS) in the School of Law at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. Features an interactive map of the United States. Provides information on the structure of each federal court, including the Supreme and District courts. Notes recent decisions made by each body. Includes a keyword search tool for searching the database of decisions and pending cases. Links to the Emory School of Law home page.
GEM Subjects:
Social Studies
Civics
Criminology
United States history
Subjects: Law--United States--Computer network resources.
Law reports, digests, etc.--United States--Computer network resources.
Legal research-- Databases.
Courts.
Law--Databases.
DLF-specific Subjects:American Culture
Geographic Coverage: North America (continent)
Time Period: Early 21st Century (2001-2033)
Late 20th Century (1968-2000)
Modern (1701-present)
Objects Represented: Opinions
Legal documents
Format: text/html
Interaction with Collection: Browse
Frequency of additions: Irregularly
Notes: [Atlanta, GA] : Emory University School of Law, 1994-

Emory Law home -- Search -- Site index -- Calendar -- Phone book -- U.S. Supreme Court -- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces -- U.S. Court of Federal Claims -- Federal circuit -- D.C. circuit -- First circuit -- Second circuit -- Third circuit -- Fourth circuit -- Fifth circuit -- Sixth circuit -- Seventh circuit -- Eighth circuit -- Ninth circuit -- Tenth circuit -- Eleventh circuit -- Credits and conditions.
This Record Last Updated By: khage@umich.edu
This Record Last Updated On: 12/11/2007 9:55:09 AM
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Notes: Federal Circuit Courts of Appeal
 
 
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