Federal Judicial Internships: Primary Authority

Used to locate court opinions for US Supreme Court, Courts of Appeals, and District Courts.

The official reporter for United States Supreme Court opinions is US Reports (US). Unofficial reporters include West's Supreme Court Reporter (S. Ct.) and LexisNexis' United States Supreme Court Reports, Lawyers' Edition (L. Ed.). Researchers gain the benefit of Topic and Key Numbers.

Reported decisions of the Federal Courts of Appeals are published in West's Federal Reporter. Unreported decisions of the Federal Courts of Appeals may be found in the Federal Appendix.

Select decisions of the Federal District Courts may be found in West's Federal Supplement (F. Supp.). Decisions involving the federal rules of civil and criminal procedure may be found in West's Federal Rules Decisions.

Researchers can locate CFRs from 1996 to present in this free online database.

This database is offered to Detroit Mercy Law Students and provides coverage of the CFRs dating back to 1938.