GOVERNMENT INTERNET RESOURCES

FEDERAL

A. Statutes, Bills and Legislative History

Statutes:

U.S. Code: United States Code Search
- uscode.house.gov/search/criteria.shtml
- searchable via keyword or Title browse

Bills & Legislative History:

Library of Congress: THOMAS
- thomas.loc.gov/
- Coverage back to mid-1980's


B. Regulations and Agencies

Regulations:

Code of Federal Regulations
- www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/cfr-table-search.html
- searchable via either keyword or individual Title

Federal Register
- www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html
- searchable via keyword, date or browsing

Agencies:

United States Government Agencies: USA.gov
- www.usa.gov/Agencies/Federal/All_Agencies/index.shtml
- index of links to federal agencies

Executive Branch
- www.usa.gov/Agencies/Federal/Executive.shtml

Judicial Branch
- www.usa.gov/Agencies/Federal/Judicial.shtml

Legislative Branch
- www.usa.gov/Agencies/Federal/Legislative.shtml


C. Court Opinions, Forms, Rules and Dockets

Emory Law School Federal Courts Finder
- www.law.emory.edu/cms/site/index.php?id=2997

Supreme Court of the United States
- Official site: www.supremecourtus.gov/
- Cornell Law School Legal Information Institute: http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/index.html
- Oyez.org Supreme Court Media

United States Courts of Appeals
- 1st Circuit
- 2nd Circuit
- 3rd Circuit
- 4th Circuit
- 5th Circuit
- 6th Circuit
- 7th Circuit
- 8th Circuit
- 9th Circuit
- 10th Circuit
- 11th Circuit
- Federal Circuit
- D.C. Circuit
- Tip: official sites follow the following format - www.ca1.uscourts.gov/- changing the court identifier as appropriate, e.g. ca9, cadc, cafc.

United States District Courts
- Northern District of Texas
- Tip: official sites, use the following format - www.txnd.uscourts.gov/- changing the court identifier as appropriate, e.g. txnd, msnd, waed

Dockets
- PACER Service
- requires registration
- not free, but inexpensive


D. General Federal Sources

Google's Uncle Sam
- www.google.com/unclesam
- Google search limited to government sites

FedWorld.gov
- www.fedworld.gov/
- gateway to federal information


STATE

American Law Sources On-Line (Texas)
- http://www.lawsource.com/also/usa.cgi?tx
- the "Swiss Army knife" of Texas law

A. Statutes, Bills Legislative History

Statutes:

Texas Statutes
- tlo2.tlc.state.tx.us/statutes/statutes.html

Bills and Legislative History:

Texas Legislature OnLine
- www.capitol.state.tx.us/
- coverage back to 1989


B. Regulations and Agencies

Regulations:

Texas Administrative Code
- info.sos.state.tx.us/pls/pub/readtac$ext.viewtac

Texas Register
- texinfo.library.unt.edu/texasregister/
- searchable via either keyword or browsing

Agencies:

TRAIL List
- www2.tsl.state.tx.us/trail/agencies.jsp

C. Court Opinions, Forms, Rules and Dockets

Texas Courts
- www.courts.state.tx.us/
- Court of Appeals and Supreme Court opinions, forms, rules and dockets available via the individual courts' sites linked here. Lower jurisdiction courts are a mixed bag.