Additional Resources for Research on Supreme Court Cases
Mr. Just, Ms. Dugan, and Mr. Mosher (Grade 8)

Updated: 3/16/2021
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AUDIO FILES:

• "OYEZ":  Audio recordings of recent US Supreme Court (2018-2020) - oral arguments and opinions, and textual info from cases prior to 2018.

• YouTube: Supreme Court Opinion Page:  Dramatized recordings of famous US Supreme Court opinions throughout history

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ADDITIONAL WEBSITES:

• Business Insider: Summaries of 45 Pivotal Supreme Court Cases: Search this page by using "Control+F" search feature.


• Bill Of Rights Institute:  Landmark cases organized by Constitutional Issues


• "Constitution Annotated". Use the search bar and type in your case title (be sure to put "v." between the two parties in the case, and not "vs.").  This site provides a good summary of the case


• List of Chief Justices and When They Served:  Use this list to determine which "Court" was in charge when your case was decided.

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CITATION CREATOR:

•      Use this site to create citations for websites not found in the databases.  Once you open the page:
  • Paste (your website in the space provided)
  • Click the "search" button;
  • Select the result that comes up (this is not, yet, the citation)
  • when the citation opens, choose the "copy" button to the right of the citation (in the center)
  • paste the citation into your "My Sources" page.
  • ***NOTE****  You can create a free account in MyBib that will allow you to create a "Project Title" and save a list of citations there that you can continue to add to as you go along.