Guide to Legal Resources

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT---COURTS
OTHER FEDERAL COURTS

CONGRESS AND THE COURTS: A LEGISLATIVE HISTORY, 1787-1977

Purpose: Congressional documents and materials regarding the creation, structure, and organization of federal courts and the federal judiciary. Includes hearings and reports. Primary source material.
Location: General Collection KF 8700 A25 C65

SHEPARD'S ACTS & CASES BY POPULAR NAMES: FEDERAL AND STATE

Purpose: An alphabetical listing of federal and state acts and court cases by popular name. If a case has acquired through common usage a popular name, it can be traced through that designation in Shepard's Popular name tables. (The main volume is updated by paperback supplements.)
Location: Ref KF 80 S5

Purpose: Includes Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, District Courts, Customs and Patent Appeals, Court of International Trade, Court of Veteran Appeals, Tax Courts, Bankruptcy Courts, Customs Courts, Commerce Courts, Military.
Notes: Available on Truman network only.

ENVIRONMENT REPORTER--CASES

Purpose: Opinions of federal and state courts and administrative agencies in the field of environmental law.
Arrangement: Includes an Index Digest (summary of cases by subject) and a Table of Cases (each volume an alphabetical list of cases, not cumulative), and Table of Cases by Jurisdiction. Each volume covers one year.
Location: Ref KF 5505 A6 E5 Pt. 6A Library has volumes 1-46 only.
Cited: ERC

MEDIA LAW REPORTER: DECISIONS

Purpose: Decision of federal and state courts and administrative agencies in the field of media law.
Arrangement: Each volume covers one year. Includes in each volume: Topical index, classification guide, index digest (summary of cases), table of cases, table of cases by jurisdiction, and full text of decisions.
Notes: Supplemented by advance sheets which are kept until annual volume is received. Includes U.S. Supreme Court cases, circuit courts, and state courts. The U.S. Supreme Court cases are in other sources.
Location: Ref KF 2750 A513 Library has volume 1+ (1978+)
Cited: Med.L.Rptr.

U.S. TAX CASES

Purpose: Reports the full official texts of federal court decisions: U.S. District Courts, U.S. Court of Claims, U.S. Court of Appeals and U.S. Supreme Court, and landmark state court decisions that deal with federal taxation. (Decisions of the Tax Court of the U.S. are not included here.)
Online: 1913+ from CCH and LexisNexis
Cited: USTC

TAX COURT MEMORANDUM DECISIONS

Purpose: Reports the full texts of all memorandum decisions of the Tax Court of the United States on federal taxation.
Online: 1924+ from CCH and LexisNexis. 1995+ from http://www.ustaxcourt.gov
Cited: TCM

REPORTS OF THE TAX COURT OF THE UNITED STATES

Purpose: Reports the full texts of decisions of the Tax Court of the United States.
Notes: Continues United States Board of Tax Reports
Online: 1924+ through CCH and LexisNexis Academic (under various titles); 1995+ from The U.S. Tax Court (1995+)
Cited: TC

CUMULATIVE BULLETINS

Purpose: IRS income tax rulings
Location: General Collection KF 6282 A2 I577 (1919-1953); Online from LexisNexis (1954+), and the IRS (1995+)