Legal Databases by Subject: Dockets
Docket Databases
- 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.
- Dockets on WestlawDocket 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 windowThe PACER service provides on-line access to U.S. Appellate, District, and Bankruptcy court records and documents nationwide. More InfoIN-HOUSE
- ProQuest Supreme Court Insight (1975 – present) This link opens in a new windowRecords, briefs, and other documents from recent U.S. Supreme Court cases. More InfoUB ONLY
- U.S. Supreme Court Case Documents This link opens in a new windowProvides 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 InfoFull-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.
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Lexis+ (UB law students only)
Westlaw Edge (UB law students only)
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