Research Guides: U.S. Supreme Court Decisions: UM Databases

Databases (UM Only)

Databases are available on campus to all patrons.

Remote access is available only to UM College Park faculty, students and staff.

Nexis Uni
This database includes case decisions 1790 - present in the Legal section of their site. It can be searched by case name or citation. It also has law reviews and news from secondary literature resources
HeinOnline U.S. Supreme Court Library
Full-text access to cases published in /U.S. Reports/ volumes 1 to 540 (1754 to 2003), as well as more recent slip opinions. Includes /U.S. Reports Preliminary Prints/ volumes 535 to 543 (2002-2005), /U.S. Reports Slip Opinions /(2002 - ), several historical texts on the Supreme Court, plus the periodicals /Supreme Court Economic Review /(1982-2000) and /Supreme Court Review /(1960-2000) PDF printing requires Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.0 or later.

Using Nexis Uni:
1. type the citation in the big space labeled - Search
OR
1. Click on All Nexis Uni
2. Choose Cases
3. Type in the case citation

Search for a case by citation (best approach) or case name.

The legal citation for a case looks like this:

Gonzales v. Raich, 545 U.S. 1 (2005)

The citation is read:

Gonzales v. Raich = name of the case

545= Volume 545 of the

U.S. = United States Reports

1 = case begins on page 1

2005 = date of the case decision