Law (Cases)

Finding Aids

Federal Court Cases

Federal Print Resources

Ohio Court Cases

Ohio Print Resources

John Popadak , Subject Librarian

Maag Library

Tel: 330-941-3679

The most comprehensive resource available at Maag Library for retrieving law cases at the federal or state levels is Lexis-Nexis Academic. This resource is restricted to current students, faculty and staff of Youngstown State University.

In addition to full-text court cases provided through Lexis-Nexis Academic, Maag Library has several major sets (sometimes called reporters) of court cases (Federal and Ohio). To find a case in one of these reporters you usually need a citation that looks like this: 54 US 579 (volume 54 of the U S Reports, page 579). There are several sources in which to look for a citation. Legal encyclopedias (like American Jurisprudence, KF 154.A42; or Ohio Jurisprudence, KFO 65.O35) and legal digests (see below) can assist you in finding pertinent cases relating to a legal topic.

Other guides available are Law (General) and Ohio Legal Resources Online.

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Search the following digests by topic. Or, if you know the name of the case, check the Table of Cases volume(s).

KF 101.1.U5 (Floor 4A)

United States Supreme Court Digest. 1754- .

KF 127.M6 (Floor 4A)

Modern Federal Practice Digest. 1931-1961.

KF 127.W48 (Floor 4A)

West's Federal Practice Digest. 1961- .

KFO 57.W4 (Floor 4A)

West's Ohio Digest. 1803- .

Additionally, if you know the title of a case, check:

Ref. KF 385.A4J64 1992

Historic U.S. Court Cases. 1690-1990.

KF 90 .S52 (Floor 4A)

Shepard's Acts and Cases by Popular Names. Arranged alphabetically by case name, e.g., Brown v. Board of Education, Roe v. Wade.

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United States Supreme Court (Electronic)

LexisNexis Academic (U.S. Supreme Court Lawyer's Edition) - 1790-present
- Select "Legal Collection"
- Off campus access

Free internet sources for Supreme Court cases:

Supreme Court of the United States - 1999-present
U.S. Supreme Court Opinions Archive
Federal Law Materials - Judicial Opinions (Cornell Univ. Law School)
Includes "Recent Decisions," "Landmark Decisions," and supplementary information

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REPORTERS (Print resources) available on Floor 4A:

KF 101.U5

United States Reports ... Cases adjudged in the Supreme Court. (US) This is the official version of the decisions.

KF 101.U52

United States. Supreme Court Reports. (L.Ed.) Annotated by Lawyer's Cooperative Publishing Co.

KF 132.A5

American Law Reports Annotated. (ALR). Selected appellate cases of general interest and importance. Discusses points of law based on relevant cases.

KF 101.F412

Federal Reporter: Cases Argued and Determined in the Circuit Courts of Appeals of the United States. (F2d, F3d)

K 345.4.F4

Federal Supplement: Cases Argued and Determined in the United States District Courts, United States Customs Courts, Special Courts .... 1931 to date.

United States Courts of Appeals (also called Circuit Courts of Appeals)

LexisNexis Academic off campus access

Free internet sources for U.S. Courts of Appeals/Circuit Courts of Appeals

Federal Law Materials - Judicial Opinions (Cornell Univ. Law School)
Allows search of all circuits simultaneously
Provides multiple links to individual circuits
Federal Courts Finder (Emory Univ. School of Law)
Federal Court Locator (Villanova Univ. School of Law)

United States District Courts

LexisNexis Academic - 1789-present off campus access

Open access web sites for U.S. District Courts

U.S. Courts: The Federal Judiciary
Official list of district courts under each circuit, with links to web pages
Coverage varies by district
Federal Court Locator (Villanova Univ. School of Law)
Includes links to U.S. District Court web sites where available

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LexisNexis Academic off campus access
- Supreme Court of Ohio cases - 1821-present
- >Courts of Appeals cases - 1913-present
- Miscellaneous lower Ohio courts - 1894-present
Supreme Court of Ohio - 1992-present
District Courts of Appeal - Content of website varies by district
Court of Claims of Ohio

Ohio Courts - By county, links to available websites for Courts of Common Pleas, County Clerks of Court, and county and municipal courts

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PRINT RESOURCES LOCATED ON FLOOR 4A

KF 135 .N6N63

Northeastern Reporter, Second series (NE2d) Cases from the courts of Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, New York, and Ohio.

Ohio Opinions. (O.O) Reports of all Ohio Courts. Superseded in 1982 by Ohio Official Reports.

[1st] KFO 45.2 O39

2d KFO 45.2 O392

3d KFO 45.2 O393

KFO 47 .O32

Ohio Official Reports. All Supreme Court, Appellate and Miscellaneous cases since 1982. Updates in Current Periodicals.

Ohio State Reports.(O.S.) Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Ohio, originally published separately. 2d-3d series found in Ohio Official Reports.

[1st] KFO 45.1 .O48

[2d] KFO 45.1 .O48 2d ser.

[3d, v.1-61] KFO 47 .O32

[3d, v.61- ] KFO 47 .O325

Ohio Appellate Reports. (O.A.) Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Courts of Appeals of Ohio. Now included in Ohio Official Reports.

[1st] KFO 48 .A4

[2d,v.1-54] KFO 45.1 .O48 2d ser. (Ohio Official)

[2d,v.55-70] KFO 45.2 .O393 (Ohio Opin. 3d, v.9-24)

[3d,v.1-61] KFO 47 .O32 (Ohio Official)

[3d,v.61- ] KFO 47 .O325 (Ohio Official)

Per. K 15 .H5 (located on Floor 6)

Ohio State Law Journal. Gives case notes on recent Ohio cases.

Last Update: September 2008