Research Guides: Legal Databases by Subject: Dockets

Docket Databases

Fastcase This link opens in a new window
Law resource that includes cases, statutes, regulations, court rules, and constitutions. "Docket Alarm," provides access to millions of documents from federal and a growing number of state (including NY) courts. More Info
IN-HOUSE

RECAP Archive (CourtListener)
This is a searchable collection of millions of PACER documents and dockets. PACER is the government-run system where nearly every legal document is filed from federal cases. The archive also includes every free PACER opinion.
CourtLink (on Lexis Advance)
Federal Dockets & Documents. Also Dockets for a number of states.
Dockets on Westlaw
Docket information on cases filed in State Courts, U.S. District Courts, U.S. Courts of Appeal, U.S. Bankruptcy Courts and the U.S. Supreme Court. Some coverage of UK Courts and Tribunals Dockets.

PACER (Public Access to Court Electronic Records) This link opens in a new window
The PACER service provides on-line access to U.S. Appellate, District, and Bankruptcy court records and documents nationwide. More Info
IN-HOUSE
ProQuest Supreme Court Insight (1975 – present) This link opens in a new window
Records, briefs, and other documents from recent U.S. Supreme Court cases. More Info
UB ONLY
Trellis This link opens in a new window
Online access to state trial court records and judicial analytics. More Info
Full-Text UB ONLY
U.S. Supreme Court Case Documents This link opens in a new window
Provides access to dockets from 2001 to present and to electronic images of most filings submitted in U.S. Supreme Court cases from November 13, 2017 to present. More Info
Full-Text PUBLIC

More Information

The Search for Case Dockets & Documents Around the World
By Rachel Green, Caitlin Hunter,Sherry Leysen, and Lynn McClelland
from: AALL Spectrum, Volume 27, Number 6 (July/August 2023), pgs 48-50.

Reminder

Don't forget to also consult
"Key Legal Databases"
for your research!

Key to Symbols

UB ONLY - Restricted to current UB-affiliated students, faculty and staff.

LAW ONLY- Restricted to current LAW students and LAW faculty.

IN-HOUSE- Accessible only in designated location (UB library or building).

PUBLIC- Free resource on the Internet, available to everyone.

Lexis+ (UB law students only)

Westlaw Edge (UB law students only)

In-House (inside UB Law Library only)

Public (free on the Internet)

UB Only (UB credentials required)