Research Guides: Finding Court Documents: SCOTUS

SCOTUS Documents and Filings

Supremecourt.gov:

The Court’s website, provides access to opinions, orders, docket, Court calendars, transcripts, schedules, rules, visitors’ guides, case-handling guides, press releases and other general information. Opinions are typically accessible on the website within shortly after their release from the Bench.

Westlaw and Lexis:

Both of these services may provide access to certain Supreme Court filings. Simply navigate to the case you're looking for and then click the filings tab.

Proquest:

Proquest also has access to some Supreme Court filings and other related documents. Try searching by case name or full citation.

Current Cases:

Supreme Court of the United States - Oral argument information can be found at the United States Supreme Court's website:
- Audio Recordings (2010–present) - The audio recordings of oral arguments heard by the Supreme Court of the United States are available to the public at the end of each argument week.
- Print Transcripts (1968–present) - Print transcripts are posted to the website on a continual basis.
The Oyez Project - Cornell’s Legal Information Institute (LII), Justia, and Chicago-Kent College of Law have created a multimedia archive of the Supreme Court of the United States. Oyez offers transcript-synchronized and searchable audio.
U.S. Law Library of Congress - Maintains a print collection of U.S. Supreme Court Records and Briefs.

Databases:

Westlaw - Go to Trial Transcripts & Oral Arguments to search for oral arguments since 2000 on Westlaw.
Lexis Advance - Go to United States Supreme Court Transcripts for coverage since the 1979 term.

Internet:

CourtListener - The oral argument audio in CourtListener has been collected from court websites by Free Law Project.