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This is a guide to resources available through the URI Library concerning the U.S. Supreme Court.  To search for resources in the Library, search in the HELIN catalog with the LC Subject Heading:  United States.  Supreme Court.  Related resources may be found under Judicial Process United States and Constitutional law -- United States..

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LexisNexis Academic

Includes Supreme Court decisions from 1790-, briefs (working papers of parties filed before the case is argued), and previews (pre-analysis of upcoming cases by legal experts).  Searchable by keywords, persons involved, and dates.  Access to Shepard's Citation Service, which maps where cases have been cited or superseded.  Shepard's can be searched by citation number.  User guide is available at http://www.uri.edu/library/guides/databases/lexislaw/lexislaw.html.

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Supreme Court of the United States

Rules of the court, slip opinions, orders, court calendars of hearings and arguments.  Also provides transcripts of all oral arguments heard before the U.S. Supreme Court from 2000. Transcripts from Oct. 2006 on contain keyword indexes.

URI Ref KF8742 A35 E529 2000

Encyclopedia of Supreme Court Quotations, Edited by Christopher A. Anzalone.

Compiles notable quotes from Supreme Court opinions.  Organized into broad subject categories.  Includes brief summaries of related cases and keyword index.

URI Ref KF8742 A35 E53 2001

Encyclopedia of the U.S. Supreme Court, Edited by Thomas T. Lewis & Richard L. Wilson.  3 vol.

Comprised of alphabetically organized articles on the Supreme Court, including specific cases, justices, and general topics a/ddressed by the court.  Contains a categorized list of entries and is indexed by case and subject.

URI Ref KF8742 A35 S8 2007

Jost, Kenneth. The Supreme Court A to Z.

Alphabetically-arranged encyclopedia-style articles on important issues, events, cases, and persons related to the history of the supreme court.  Entries contain illustrations, cross-references to other articles, and brief sidebars on cases related to the content of articles.  Contains a list of court nominations, a subject index, and a selected bibliography.

URI Ref KF8742 W567 2004

Savage, David G. Guide to the U.S. Supreme Court. 4th ed. 2 v.

Broad coverage of the Supreme Court, including history, general trends, relationships to other government bodies, important decisions and their impact, organization, and brief biographical profiles of each justice.  Both volumes indexed by case and subject.  Appendices in Volume II contain selected primary source documents, list of justice nominations, a glossary, list of acts held unconstitutional, chronology of major decisions, and selected bibliography.

URI Ref KF8744 B56 2006

Biographical encyclopedia of the Supreme Court : the lives and legal philosophies of the justices, Edited by Melvin I. Urofsky.

Alphabetically arranged profiles of every justice to date.  Profiles include basic biographical data, photo or portrait, a biographical essay, and some bibliographical references.  Includes a selected bibliography, succession chart, and case and subject index.

URI Ref KF8744 S86 1995

The Supreme Court Justice : illustrated biographies, 1789-1995, Edited by Clare Cushman.  2nd ed.

Contains biographical profiles arranged in order of appointment to the court.  Profiles contain relevant illustrations.  Includes subject index and bibliographic references.

URI Ref KF8742 P32 1996

Paddock, Lisa. Facts about the Supreme Court of the United States.

Organized by "courts" as defined by presiding chief justices.  Each section contains historical background on the period, biographical data on justices entering in that court, and descriptions of notable cases presided over.  Contains glossary and selected primary documents.  Indexed by case and subject.

URI Ref KF8742 S914 2007

The Supreme Court compendium : data, decisions, and developments. 4th ed.

Contains copious amounts of data on a wide variety of subjects related to the Supreme Court.  Arranged in chapters focused on different aspects of the Supreme Court, including opinions, nominations, and political contexts.  Includes subject index and selected bibliographic references.

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