All of these resources are freely available on the Internet.

Administrative

Code of Federal Regulations  Full text of the CFR is available via GPO Access.  Search by title list, citation, or keyword.  Revisions are available from 1996-present.

Federal Register  Full text of the Federal Register is available via GPO Access from 1994-present.  Search by keyword, date, and section.

Other Federal Administrative Decisions  The University of Virginia Law School compiles this set of links to administrative actions outside the scope of the CFR and the Federal Register.

United States Government Manual  Comprehensive information about federal agencies, quasi-official agencies, international organizations in which the United States participates, and various boards, commissions, and committees.  Search by departmental table of contents or keyword.

Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents This GPO Accesssite contains statements, messages, and other Presidential materials released by the White House during the preceding week.

Federal Web Locator  Links to federal agencies and organizations which may provide full text agency decisions, regulations, and publications.  Search by table of contents or keyword.

Executive Resources from GPO Access Search resources available via GPO Access.

Judicial

Federal Judiciary

U.S. Courts - Federal Judiciary Homepage   This page, maintained by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, serves as a clearinghouse for information from and about the Judicial Branch of the U.S. Government. Contains background information about the court, publications, and links to Circuit Court case law.

History of the Federal Judiciary   The Federal Judiciary Center compiles this collection of materials which includes a brief history of the types of courts and their role in the federal judiciary, a legislative history of each court, landmark judicial legislation, and a federal judges biographical database.

All Courts

Public Library of Law Full-text U.S. federal and state cases, statutes, regulations, court rules, constitutions and legal forms. All materials are freely available on the Internet, however dates of coverage vary.

Justia - A legal portal featuring searchable U.S. Supreme Court, Court of Appeals and district court cases and court filings. Regulations from the Federal Register are also available. Justia also features a legal blog search engine. All searches offer customizable RSS feeds.

lexisOne  Lexis-Nexis provides free case law dating back to 1996, with U.S. Supreme Court decisions from 1790. Retrieve by citation or search by keyword. Also includes a collection of free legal forms. Requires free registration.

Supreme Court

Supreme Court of the United States   This official Supreme Court site offers documents from the current term, such as, bench and slip opinions, dockets, calendar, and rules. Opinions are available the same day they are released from the bench.

Cornell University Supreme Court Collection  Up-to-the-minute full text opinions from 1990-present are arrayed by topic and party name.  Information from the current court term includes opinions arranged by release date, orders, schedule of oral arguments, and court calendar.

FindLaw Supreme Court Decisions  Full text of all opinions from 1893-present.   Browse by year or search by official citation, party name, or keyword.

Selected Historic Decisions of the Supreme Court  Cornell University compiles landmark opinions from 1794-present arranged by topic, party name, and opinion author.

Oyez  Oral arguments from 1955-present are available in audio and accompanying full text.  Search by subject, citation, and case name.

FindLaw's Supreme Court Center  Collection of primary materials by and about the US Supreme Court from the 1999-2000 term.  Includes full text decisions, orders, briefs, rules, court docket, etc.

Supreme Court Briefs  Full text US Supreme Court briefs filed by the Solicitor General from July 1998-present and selected briefs from 1982-96.  Search by keyword, type, and subject.

BriefServe   Fee based service offering recent full text US Supreme Court documents, including briefs, testimony, petitions, orders, etc.  Docket sheets are available free of charge, but all other documents are offered at a cost.  Registration is required. 

United States Courts of Appeal

Cornell University Judicial Opinions  Links to sources of recent full text circuit court opinions.  Also includes a link to a metasearch engine for all recent courts of appeal decisions.

Emory University Federal Courts Finder   Interactive United States map of circuit court districts provides links to decisions. 

Seventh Circuit  Official page of the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals.

Seventh Circuit Opinions Opinions from 1987-present. Search by docket number or party name and browse by date.

Seventh Circuit Briefs Search by docket number. Seventh Circuit Brief guidelines also available.

United States District Courts

Western District of Wisconsin   Official court site provides information about the court, local rules, forms, and keyword searching of recent opinions.

Eastern District of Wisconsin  Official court site provides general information about the court, including local rules and forms.

United States Bankruptcy Courts

Western District of Wisconsin   Official court site provides general information about the court, including local rules and forms.

Eastern District of Wisconsin  Official court site provides general information about the court, including local rules.

Rules of Court

Litigators Internet Resource Guide: Rules of Court  Law Librarians Resource Exchange compiles this list of links to court rules, featuring federal, federal local, state, and state local rules.

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure   Cornell University compiles the rules for browsing by section and title or searching by keyword.

Federal Rules of Evidence   Cornell University compiles the rules for browsing by section and title or searching by keyword.

Legislative

United States Code

Cornell University's US Code  Browse the full text of the code by title and section, retrieve by citation, or keyword search individual titles or the entire code.  Also browse the Popular Name table to find common names of legislative acts with links to the corresponding code sections.

GPO Access' US Code   Keyword search the full-text of the US Code as in effect for 1995, 1996, 1997, and 1998 or browse the current Code.

United States House of Representatives' US Code  Search the full text of the code using a combination of specific citation fields, including title, section, subtitle, chapter, subchapter, part, subpart, division, rule, form, and appendix.

Bills, Acts, and Other Congressional Publications

Thomas   Official site of the US Congress publishes various congressional information, including calendars, committee reports, full text and history of bills and acts.  Keyword or number search or browse by topic of major legislation.

Congressional Bills from GPO Access   Keyword search all published versions of bills from the 106th (1999-2000), 105th (1997-1998), 104th (1995-1996) and 103rd (1993-1994).  View bills in HTML or PDF.

Congressional Record Keyword search the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress.

C-SPAN Live coverage of the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate when in session. In addition, C-SPAN covers congressional hearings, White House press briefings, speeches, and other important public affairs events. Archive of selected events available.

Legislative Sources from GPO Access Search other sources available on GPO Access.

Century of Law Making   Congressional documents and debates from 1774-1873.  Includes Journals of the Continental Congress, House and Senate Journals, Annals of Congress, etc.  View original document in PDF.

Government Documents

GPO Access  The US Government Printing Office provides full text executive and legislative materials, including the Federal Register, Congressional Record, US Code, CFR, Federal Budgets, Public Laws, etc.  Keyword search by title.

University of Michigan Documents Center   The Documents Center has compiled this extensive list of local, state, federal, foreign and international government information.

Avalon Project Major Documents Collection  Yale Law School has reproduced this collection of US-related historical documents relevant to fields of law, history, economics, politics, and diplomacy.  Arranged by topic, the collection includes the Federalist Papers, Presidential papers, US and state constitutions, etc.

FirstGov The U.S. government's official Web portal contains a wide variety of govement information for individuals and businesses.

FedForms Forms from the U.S. government.