Legal, Government, and Financial Information on the Internet

• Federal Case Law, Statutes & Regulations
• State Case Law, Statutes & Regulations
• Federal Agencies and Other Federal Government Locations
• State & Local Government Locations
• Other Legal Resources
• General Search Tools & Locations
• General Information Resources

Federal Case Law, Statutes & Regulations

• Supreme Court Decisions (Cornell) Searchable form of U.S. Supreme Court Decisions, mostly since 1990.
• Selected Historic Supreme Court Decisions
• More Supreme Court Opinions
• "Oyez Oyez Oyez" Good source of United States Supreme court opinions indexed by subject, parties and date, with links to full text.
• Recent Circuit Court Decisions Searchable opinions of federal circuit courts of appeal since October 1994, provided by Law Journal Extra!
• Opinions from all U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeal
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit Opinions
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Opinions
• U.S Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit Opinions
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit Opinions
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Opinions
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit Opinions
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit Opinions
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit Opinions
• U.S Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Opinions
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit Opinions
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit Opinions
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Opinions
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces
• Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals Opinions
• United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Massachusetts Opinions
• U.S. Constitution - Table of Articles
• U.S. Code (another version) Maintained by Cornell Law School. Code is organized and searchable by Title. Includes a popular name index.
• Code of Federal Regulations Locate federal regulations by word search.
• Congressional Record
• Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
• Federal Rules of Evidence
• Federal Register
• Federal Register (another version)
• Government Printing Office GPO Access Site.Includes searchable Congressional Record and index, Code of Federal Regulations, House and Senate Calendars and pending bills, Federal Register, Comptroller General decisions, the U.S. Code, and more.

State Case Law, Statutes & Regulations

• State judicial/legislative materials
• Recent high court opinions from appellate courts in all 50 states. There is a membership requirement to access this information.
• Uniform Commercial Code, Articles 1-9
• Directory of State Courts
• Texas State Law Site
• New York State Law Site
• California State Law Site
• Ethics Opinions by State
• National Center for State Courts

Federal Agencies and Other Federal Government Locations

• FedWorld Home Page If the location you want isn't listed below, try here. This is a directory of government resources on-line.
• Federal Web Locator @ Villanova Or try this resource.
• The WWW Virtual Library: U.S. Federal Government Agencies Or try this resource.
• THOMAS: Legislative Tracker Track the status of current legislation.
• House of Representatives - Internet Law Library Will assist in finding statutes or legislation. Includes state and international legislation.
• Federal Courts Home Page
• Environmental Protection Agency
• Library of Congress
• Government Printing Office Locate publications available from the federal government.
• Small Business Administration
• U.S. Department of Commerce
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
• Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.
• Federal Reserve Board Data Includes historical interest rate data.
• The White House Includes White House press releases, speeches, documents, and information concerning government services.
• Federal Information Center
• General Services Administration
• General Accounting Office
• House of Representatives List of Other Government Sites
• Federal Gateway - Another List of Government Sites
• Internal Revenue Service-Tax Forms and Publications
• Federal Bureau of Investigation
• Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms
• Bureau of Justice Statistics
• Office of the Solicitor General
• U.S. Congress Site
• KnowX Public Records
• Legi-Slate (Online Service Focusing on Federal Legislation and Regulations
• Roll Call Online (Congressional Newspaper)
• The Hill (Newspaper)
• U.S. Senate Home Page
• U.S. House of Representatives Home Page

State & Local Goverment Locations

• Massachusetts Executive Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation
• Massachusetts Access to Government Information Service An on-line directory to state government agencies and resources including links to all on-line sites.

Other Legal Resources

• Lawyer's Weekly Newspaper Archives Search articles in Lawyer's Weekly USA, Massachusetts Lawyer's Weekly, and other state versions of Lawyer's Weekly.
• Lawyers Weekly USA
• Basic Legal Citation Table of Contents
• West's Legal Directory Obtain background information on attorneys and law firms. Easy to search.
• Statistics on Federal Court Cases @ Cornell
• Law News Network Online service for lawyers.
• ABA Net From the American Bar Association.
• Bankruptcy Creditors' Service & Internet Bankruptcy Library
• Technology Law ResourceBasic guides to patent & trademark law. Includes comprehensive links to patent and trademark law resources.
• Multimedia Law Page
• Data Discovery - Forensic Computer Examination Experts
• The Expert Witness Network
• The World Wide Web Virtual Library: Law Central depository of other sites which can be used to locate resources.
• Social Law Library On-Line
• Hieros Gamos Legal Materials Provides guides to doing business, links to journals and newsletters, practice area libraries, discussion groups, directories of law related organizations, a search engine for U.S. cases, and more.
• Washburn School of Law
• Legal Info. Institute @ Cornell Lists legal resources both on and off the internet.
• Emory Law Library Electronic Reference Desk General legal resources on the Internet.
• Law @ Yahoo Yahoo helps you find Internet resources by using a directory tree. This can be a very good site for finding unusual resources.
• Legal Research @ Yahoo
• The Legal Domain Network (Chicago Kent) Lists of law-related newsgroups
• List of Law Schools on the Internet Maintained by University of Southern California
• List of Law Schools on the Internet Maintained by the University of Indiana
• Findlaw Legal resource search site. Word searches and directory tree.

General Search Tools & Locations

• Alta Vista Search Engine One of the largest and best general search engines.
• Excite A general search engine allowing searches of the World Wide Web as well as the most recent two weeks of Usenet news groups and Usenet classifieds. Also provides a hierarchical subject index and reviews of Internet sites.
• Magellan Another search engine similar to Excite, above.
• DejaNews Research Service Allows the user to search archived Usenet news group postings for the preceding month.
• AccuFind Provides links to other search engines appropriate for research into particular subjects, including law.
• Go2 Another search engine.
• Netscape Search Page Provides access to various other well known search engines.
• Infoseek Another general search engine.
• SavvySearch Another search engine.
• Cyber411 Another Mega Search Engine.
• DogPile Another Mega Search Engine.
• Profusion Another Mega Search Engine.
• InfoSpace
• Yahoo A comprehensive hierarchial directory. A list of Internet resources organized in a cross-linked directory tree. List can be searched by keywords.
• The Clearinghouse for Subject-Oriented Internet Resource Guides Another hierarchial directory. Not as comprehensive as Yahoo.
• The Institute for Global Communications A directory of politically progressive organizations.
• The World Wide Web Consortium An industry supported site providing information about the internet and the WWW.
• The Lycos Home Page: Hunting WWW Information Allows searches of information about several million webpages. Extremely powerful and provides detailed information about each "hit." Use to locate webpages using keywords.
• Galaxy A general search engine.
• Four11 Internet White Pages.
• HotBot A General Search Engine.
• Northern Light Another Search Engine.

General Information Resources

• AT&T 800 Numbers Searchable directory of 1-800 numbers.
• SalesLeads USA American Business Information's site allows free searching of businesses and individuals by name and provides phone numbers and addresses. Also provides credit scores for businesses.
• FEDEX Package Tracking Track Federal Express packages on-line.
• SEC EDGAR Database Includes 10-K and 10-Q reports, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission via EDGAR, for most public corporations. Also contains links to federal securities statutes.
• FinanceNet A Site dedicated to providing resources for improving financial management. Includes an on-line guide to sales of government assets.
• Stockmaster Stock market charts for most publically traded corporations. May also provide valuable links to other information regarding the corporation.
• Checkfree Investment Services Stock quotes on 15-minute delay.
• Library of Congress
• John F. Kennedy School of Government
• WhoWhere - Phone Numbers, URLs and Addresses

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