Federal Legal Resources

Federal law emanating from the legislative, judicial and executive branches of federal government.

Laws

The United States Constitution: via United States Government Printing Office; via the National Archives; The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation, via FDsys
United States Code: via LII/Legal Institute, Cornell University Law School; via the Office of the Law Revision Counsel of the U.S. House of Representative (Second version) (Also available as a PDF); via United States Government Printing Office
United States Statutes at Large,: Volumes 1-18, 1789-1875, (via The Library of Congress, American Memory); Volumes 65 (82nd Congress, 1st Session) - 116 (96th Congress, 2nd Session), 1951-2002, (via U.S. Government Printing Office); Volumes 117 (108th Congress, 1st Session) - 121 (110th Congress, 1st Session), 2003-2007 (via U.S. Government Printing Office)
Legislative Information: THOMAS Legislative Information from the Library of Congress. (Researching Current Federal Legislation and Regulations: A Guide to Resources for Congressional Staff)
Congressional Record: via Thomas; via FDsys

United States Supreme Court: Provides access to the Court's slip opinions, orders, argument calendar, schedules, Rules, bar admission forms and instructions, visitors' guides, case-handling guides, special notices, press releases, and general information.
Decisions of the United States Supreme Court: via the LII/Legal Information Institute, Cornell University Law School; via FindLaw, includes cases back to 1893.
FindLaw: United States Supreme Court Center: An educational resource site dedicated to the United States Supreme Court.
Fedworld.gov/FLITE Database - US Supreme Court Decisions, 1937-1975: (US Department of Commerce)
Villanova University's Federal Court Locator: Includes links to Supreme Court and Circuit Court of Appeals decisions, and District Court web sites.
Justia's Federal District Court Filings & Dockets

United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decisions of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit:: Via Villanova Center for Information Law & Policy, browse by date or search by party name or case number for decisions from 1994-2011.; Via FindLaw, browse by date or search by docket number, case title, and full text for decisions from January 1995-2011.

United States District Court, District of New Jersey: Frequently Asked Questions; Frequently Asked Questions on Jury Duty; Procedural Guide for Pro Se Litigants; Local Rules & Appendices; Standing Orders; Basic Elements of Civil Practice in the Camden Vicinage
Forms:: Civil, Criminal, Pretrial Orders, Other
Decisions of the United States District Court, District of New Jersey: via Rutgers School of Law - Camden. Coverage starts with October 1998
Justia's New Jersey District Court Filings
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: via Cornell University Law School - LII/Legal Information Institute
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure: via Cornell University Law School - LII/Legal Information Institute
Federal Rules of Evidence: via Cornell University Law School - LII/Legal Information Institute

United States Bankruptcy Court, District of New Jersey: Useful information on this site includes local bankruptcy rules, bankruptcy statistics, a guide to personal bankruptcy, filing fees and telephone listings.

CourtListener: The site has daily information regarding all precedential opinions issued by the 13 federal circuit courts and the Supreme Court of the United States.

Federal Administrative Decisions and Resources: via Pace Law Library
Executive Branch Resources: Includes links to regulations, presidential materials and executive publications.
Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), 1996 to date: Compilation of regulations by federal agencies.
Electronic Code of Federal Regulations (e-CFR)
List of CFR Sections Affected (LSA): Keeps the researcher current on what CFR sections have been adopted or amended since the last publication of the CFR.
Federal Register, 1994 to 2011: Daily publication of regulations proposed and adopted by federal agencies.
The Unified Agenda: Also known as the Semiannual Regulatory Agenda. Published twice a year (usually in April and October) in the Federal Register (FR), summarizes the rules and proposed rules that each Federal agency expects to issue during the next year.