mmwang@adobe.com (Michael Wang) writes: >Is there a publication or book/almanac that summarizes all the >Supreme Court decisions for a given year? I'm looking for something >that gives at least some analysis for each of the decisions since >just reading Court opinions can be a bit mystifying to somebody >who knows little about Constitutional law. [...] This is quite what you were asking for, but it is on-line and free. - Carl ======== ftp.eff.org:pub/law/court-decisions ============ If you are on the Internet, you can do text searches on Supreme Court decisions with WAIS. For info on WAIS, look at newsgroup alt.wais. You can access a WAIS client by: telnet quake.think.com OR telnet hub.nnsc.nsf.net Login as "wais". Decisions are also available via ftp if you know the case number. Information is enclosed. - Carl --------- From: hal@mel.dit.csiro.au Newsgroups: misc.legal Subject: Supreme Court Archives Message-ID: <25744@adm.brl.mil> Date: 28 Jan 91 22:11:06 GMT G'day all, and thanks to those who responded to my request about archive sites for the Supreme Court opinions. As I've had dozens of "me-too" requests, and nobody has posted it to this list, I'm taking the liberty of doing so. Hope no one is bothered by this! Project Hermes, Case Western Reserve University CWRU Community Telecomputing Lab 319 Wickenden Building Cleveland, Ohio 44106 aa584@cleveland.freenet.edu The archives are accessible from: ftp.cwru.edu cwns1.ins.cwru.edu (although I can't get this one to log me in) info.umd.edu uunet.uu.net and for those (probably just me) interested and on this side of the Pacific, lexsun.law.uts.edu.au All but the last use user=anonymous (the Aussie one is ussc) HM ----- |Hal Miller, DIT, CSIRO, | Networking Environments Project | |55 Barry St, Carlton, | (TEL) +61 3 347 8644 (FAX) +61 3 347 8987 | |VIC 3053, Australia | Internet:hal@mel.dit.csiro.au | ===================================================== Welcome to the index that will help you to find Supreme Court decisions! Index includes - file location [directory] and file name - identifying line for case - keywords For example: File location/ filename Case and parts; keywords --------- ------------------------------------------------ 1989term/ TEXACO INC. v. HASBROUCK: s, o, c1, c2 87-2048 Clayton Act; distributors; discounts; retail market; gasoline Explanation: 1989term/ - file will be found 1989 sub-directory 87-2048 - 87-2048 is actual filename (Dockett number) first line - offical case name; abbreviated parts in decision middle lines - keywords; identifying words taken from case Key to abbreviation of parts in decision: ----------------------------------------- s syllabus cd concurring in part dissenting in part o opinion o1 appendix to opinion c concurring od combined opinion and dissent d dissenting orig Original Jurisdiction