Legal Research Links

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Illinois Law | Federal Law | Other States' Laws | Legal Search Engines

Illinois Law

• Illinois Compiled Statutes
• Public Acts - Current 95th General Assembly
• Search 95th General Assembly Public Acts by Keyword

  Search 95th General Assembly Public Acts by Number (example: HB0001)

• Previous General Assemblies (77th thru 94th)
• Researching Legislative History

Federal Law

• U.S. Constitition
• U.S. Supreme Court Opinions - U.S. Supreme Court website
  
  
  • U.S. Supreme Court - 2006 Term Slip Opinions
  • U.S. Supreme Court - 2006 Term Opinions Relating to Orders
  • U.S. Supreme Court - 2006 Term In-Chambers Opinions
    
  • U.S. Supreme Court Opinions - Browse FindLaw by Volume
  • U.S. Supreme Court Opinions - Browse FindLaw by Year
  
  
• U.S. Supreme Court Opinions - Search by Citation via FindLaw

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  U.S. Supreme Court Opinions - Search Full Text via FindLaw

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• U.S. Supreme Court Rules
• U.S. Courts of Appeal Opinions - via FindLaw
• 7th Circuit Court of Appeals Opinions - official site
• 7th Circuit Court of Appeals Opinions - via FindLaw
• 7th Circuit Court of Appeals Home Page
• U.S. District Courts - browseable by State via FindLaw


• Central District of Illinois - official site (includes opinions, orders, local rules and forms)
• Northern District of Illinois - official site (includes recent opinions, local rules, forms, calendar, fee schedule, and juror information)
• Southern District of Illinois - official site (includes local rules, forms, court calendar, filing fee schedule and juror information)
• U.S. Bankruptcy Courts - U.S. Courts website
• U.S. Code - U.S. House of Representatives website
• Code of Federal Regulations - browseable & searchable database via Government Printing Office
• Federal Register - 1994 to present, browseable & searchable database via Government Printing Office
• Bills and Public Laws - via Library of Congress (Thomas) website
• U.S. Bankruptcy Code - title 11, downloadable via U.S. House of Representatives website
• Federal Rules of Evidence - U.S. House of Representatives website
• Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure - U.S. House of Representatives website
• Federal Rules of Civil Procedure - U.S. House of Representatives website
• Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure - U.S. House of Representatives website
• Uniform Commerical Code - browseable & searchable via the Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School

Other States' Laws

• State Constitutions - browseable by State via FindLaw
• State Statutes - browseable by State via FindLaw
• State Judicial Opinions - browseable by State via the Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School
  

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