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State Court Papers in the United States: A 50-State Guide

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 November 2017

William Gaskill

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This study grew out of my on-the-job blogging. At both the Charleston School of Law and the J. Rueben Clark Law School, I read every opinion from the state and federal appellate courts with jurisdiction over South Carolina and Utah respectively, summarizing the binding authority and posting those summaries online at the Barrister blog and the Binding the Law blog. This has served as excellent current awareness and bar preparation service to the law school communities and a research tool to the legal community generally.

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Information: International Journal of Legal Information , Volume 45 , Issue 3 , November 2017 , pp. 244 - 256

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/jli.2017.51 [Opens in a new window]
Copyright: Copyright © The Author(s) 2017

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² https://lawlibrarybarrister.wordpress.com/

³ http://bindingthelaw.byu.edu/wordpress/

⁴ Patrick Meyer, Law Firm Legal Research Requirements for New Attorneys 101 LLJ 297.

⁵ ALL-SIS Task Force on Identifying Skills and Knowledge for Legal Practice A STUDY OF ATTORNEYS’ LEGAL RESEARCH PRACTICES AND OPINIONS OF NEW ASSOCIATES’ RESEARCH SKILLS at 63–64.

⁶ US Court of Appeals Judicial Business 2014 available at http://www.uscourts.gov/statistics-reports/us-courts-appeals-judicial-business-2014; Court Statistics Project National Center for State Courts at 10–15 available at http://courtstatistics.org/~/media/Microsites/Files/CSP/EWSC_CSP_2015.ashx.

⁷ http://www.appellatecourtclerks.org/

⁸ See, for example, Sarah Glassmeyer's study of free and open status of state primary authority with state scores http://www.sarahglassmeyer.com/StateLegalInformation/

⁹ http://judicial.alabama.gov/supreme.cfm

¹⁰ http://judicial.alabama.gov/civil.cfm

¹¹ http://judicial.alabama.gov/criminal.cfm

¹² http://courts.alaska.gov/appellate/appcts.htm#slips

¹³ https://govt.westlaw.com/akcases/Index

¹⁴ http://www.azcourts.gov/AZ-Supreme-Court

¹⁵ http://www.azcourts.gov/coa1/Search-Decisions

¹⁶ https://www.appeals2.az.gov/apl2.cfm

¹⁷ https://courts.arkansas.gov/courts/supreme-court

¹⁸ https://courts.arkansas.gov/courts/court-of-appeals

¹⁹ http://www.courts.ca.gov/supremecourt.htm

²⁰ http://www.courts.ca.gov/courtsofappeal.htm

²¹ http://www.lexisnexis.com/clients/CACourts/

²² https://www.courts.state.co.us/Courts/Supreme_Court/Case_Announcements/Index.cfm

²³ https://www.courts.state.co.us/Courts/Court_Of_Appeals/Case_Announcements/Index.cfm

²⁴ http://jud.ct.gov/index.asp

²⁵ http://courts.delaware.gov/opinions/

²⁶ http://dccourts.gov/internet/appellate/main.jsf

²⁷ http://www.floridasupremecourt.org/

²⁸ http://www.law.fsu.edu/library/flsupct/index.html

²⁹ http://www.1dca.org/

³⁰ http://www.2dca.org/

³¹ http://www.3dca.flcourts.org/

³² http://www.4dca.org/

³³ http://www.5dca.org/

³⁴ http://www.gasupreme.us/

³⁵ http://www.gaappeals.us/

³⁶ http://www.courts.state.hi.us/opinions_and_orders/opinions/2016/index.html

³⁷ http://www.isc.idaho.gov/appeals-court/opinions

³⁸ http://www.illinoiscourts.gov/SupremeCourt/default.asp

³⁹ http://www.illinoiscourts.gov/AppellateCourt/default.asp

⁴⁰ http://www.in.gov/judiciary/2730.htm

⁴¹ http://www.iowacourts.gov/About_the_Courts/Supreme_Court/Supreme_Court_Opinions/

⁴² http://www.iowacourts.gov/About_the_Courts/Court_of_Appeals/Court_of_Appeals_Opinions/

⁴³ http://www.kscourts.org/kansas-courts/supreme-court/default.asp

⁴⁴ http://www.kscourts.org/kansas-courts/court-of-appeals/default.asp

⁴⁵ http://apps.courts.ky.gov/supreme/sc_opinions.shtm

⁴⁶ http://www.lasc.org/

⁴⁷ http://www.la-fcca.org/; http://www.la2nd.org/; http://www.la3circuit.org/; http://la4th.org/; http://www.fifthcircuit.org/

⁴⁸ http://www.courts.maine.gov/maine_courts/supreme/index.shtml

⁴⁹ http://www.courts.state.md.us/opinions/opinions.html

⁵⁰ http://www.mass.gov/courts/case-legal-res/case-information/appellate-opinions/

⁵¹ http://courts.mi.gov/courts/michigansupremecourt/pages/default.aspx

⁵² http://courts.mi.gov/courts/coa/pages/default.aspx

⁵³ http://www.mncourts.gov/About-The-Courts/SupremeCourt.aspx

⁵⁴ http://www.mncourts.gov/CourtOfAppeals.aspx

⁵⁵ http://courts.ms.gov/appellate_courts/sc/sc.html

⁵⁶ http://courts.ms.gov/appellate_courts/coa/coa.html

⁵⁷ http://www.courts.mo.gov/page.jsp?id=27

⁵⁸ http://www.courts.mo.gov/page.jsp?id=99

⁵⁹ http://www.courts.mo.gov/page.jsp?id=208

⁶⁰ http://www.courts.mo.gov/page.jsp?id=227

⁶¹ http://montanacourts.org/Portals/113/orders/Recent_Orders.htm

⁶² https://searchcourts.mt.gov/

⁶³ https://supremecourt.nebraska.gov/

⁶⁴ https://www.nebraska.gov/apps-courts-epub/public/supreme

⁶⁵ https://www.nebraska.gov/apps-courts-epub/public/appeals

⁶⁶ http://nvcourts.gov/Supreme/Decisions/Forthcoming_Opinions/

⁶⁷ http://www.courts.state.nh.us/supreme/index.htm

⁶⁸ http://www.judiciary.state.nj.us/opinions/index.html

⁶⁹ http://njlaw.rutgers.edu/collections/courts/search.php

⁷⁰ http://www.nmcompcomm.us/nmcases/NMCases.aspx

⁷¹ http://www.courts.state.ny.us/ctapps/decisions.htm

⁷² http://www.courts.state.ny.us/courts/appellatedivisions.shtml

⁷³ https://appellate.nccourts.org/opinions/

⁷⁴ http://www.ndcourts.gov/

⁷⁵ http://www.ndcourts.gov/Search/Opinions.asp

⁷⁶ http://www.sconet.state.oh.us/

⁷⁷ http://www.sconet.state.oh.us/JudSystem/districtCourts/

⁷⁸ http://www.sconet.state.oh.us/rod/docs/?source=1

⁷⁹ http://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/rod/docs/?source=2

⁸⁰ http://www.fifthdist.org/

⁸¹ http://www.co.lucas.oh.us/index.aspx?nid=171

⁸² http://clevelandlawlibrary.org/Public/DECISION/CTA8/Opinions/opinions.html

⁸³ http://www.oscn.net/decisions/

⁸⁴ http://www.publications.ojd.state.or.us/Pages/OpinionsSC.aspx

⁸⁵ http://www.publications.ojd.state.or.us/Pages/OpinionsCOA.aspx

⁸⁶ http://www.pacourts.us/courts/supreme-court/

⁸⁷ http://www.pacourts.us/courts/superior-court/

⁸⁸ http://www.pacourts.us/courts/commonwealth-court/

⁸⁹ https://www.courts.ri.gov/Courts/SupremeCourt/Pages/default.aspx

⁹⁰ http://www.judicial.state.sc.us/supreme/

⁹¹ http://www.judicial.state.sc.us/appeals/index.cfm

⁹² http://ujs.sd.gov/Supreme_Court/opinions.aspx

⁹³ http://www.tsc.state.tn.us/courts/supreme-court/

⁹⁴ http://www.tsc.state.tn.us/courts/court-appeals

⁹⁵ http://www.tsc.state.tn.us/courts/court-criminal-appeals

⁹⁶ http://www.txcourts.gov/supreme

⁹⁷ http://www.txcourts.gov/cca

⁹⁸ http://www.txcourts.gov/about-texas-courts/courts-of-appeals.aspx

⁹⁹ http://www.search.txcourts.gov/historical/orderssc.aspx?coa=cossup&load=1&file=http://www.search.txcourts.gov/historical/recent.htm

¹⁰⁰ http://www.txcourts.gov/8thcoa.aspx

¹⁰¹ http://www.txcourts.gov/1stcoa.aspx

¹⁰² http://www.txcourts.gov/4thcoa.aspx

¹⁰³ http://www.txcourts.gov/5thcoa.aspx

¹⁰⁴ http://www.txcourts.gov/9thcoa.aspx

¹⁰⁵ http://www.txcourts.gov/10thcoa.aspx

¹⁰⁶ http://www.txcourts.gov/14thcoa.aspx

¹⁰⁷ http://www.txcourts.gov/2ndcoa.aspx

¹⁰⁸ http://www.txcourts.gov/11thcoa.aspx

¹⁰⁹ http://www.txcourts.gov/12thcoa.aspx

¹¹⁰ http://www.txcourts.gov/13thcoa.aspx

¹¹¹ http://www.txcourts.gov/6thcoa.aspx

¹¹² http://www.txcourts.gov/7thcoa.aspx

¹¹³ http://www.txcourts.gov/3rdcoa.aspx

¹¹⁴ http://courtstuff.com/5th/search_o.htm

¹¹⁵ https://www.utcourts.gov/opinions/index.html

¹¹⁶ https://www.vermontjudiciary.org/GTC/supreme/default.aspx

¹¹⁷ http://www.courts.state.va.us/courts/scv/home.html

¹¹⁸ http://www.courts.wa.gov/appellate_trial_courts/

¹¹⁹ https://www.lexisnexis.com/clients/wareports/

¹²⁰ http://www.courtswv.gov/

¹²¹ https://www.wicourts.gov/opinions/index.htm

¹²² http://www.courts.state.wy.us/Home/Opinions

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