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The supreme court in some countries, provinces, and states, functions as a court of last resort whose rulings cannot be challenged. In the United States, for example, there is a federal Supreme Court as well as supreme courts within most of the states. However, some jurisdictions do not use the phrase "Supreme Court" in naming their highest courts, as described below. Although some countries and subordinate states follow the American model of having a supreme court that interprets that jurisdiction's constitution, others follow the Austrian model of a separate constitutional court (first developed in the Austrian Constitution of 1920).
Many higher courts create through their decisions case law applicable within their respective jurisdictions or interpret codal provisions in civil-law countries to maintain a uniform interpretation:
- Most common-law nations have the doctrine of stare decisis in which the rulings (decisions) of higher courts constitute binding precedent upon courts of equal or lower status within their jurisdiction.
- Most civil-law nations do not have the official doctrine of stare decisis and hence the rulings of the supreme court are usually not binding outside the immediate case in question. However, in practice, the precedent, or jurisprudence, expressed by those courts is often extremely strong. Some exceptions such as Spain are discussed below.
RT @bhagwad: Article 377 case in Supreme Court Update: Next hearing on 28th Jan 2010 . Procedural delays all the way. (via @gay_india)
gaysifamily (Gaysi Family) Tue, 29 Dec 2009 22:05:03 -0000
RT @bhagwad: Article 377 case in Supreme Court Update: Next hearing on 28th Jan 2010 . Procedural delays all the way. (via @gay_india)
Organizations' Christian identity threatened by ON Supreme Court case: http://christianweek.org/stories.php?id=785
christianweek (ChristianWeek) Tue, 29 Dec 2009 21:57:09 -0000
Organizations' Christian identity threatened by ON Supreme Court case: http://christianweek.org/stories.php?id=785
Congrats to all: RT @WadiMuhaisen: The CO Supreme Court recognizes law firms achieving min goal of 50 hours of pro bono http://bit.ly/yZ98G
ABACtrProBono (Cheryl Zalenski) Tue, 29 Dec 2009 21:56:41 -0000
Congrats to all: RT @WadiMuhaisen: The CO Supreme Court recognizes law firms achieving min goal of 50 hours of pro bono http://bit.ly/yZ98G
http://www.dailypaul.com/node/114841 Very Quietly Obama's Citizenship Case Reaches Supreme Court
Jack6010 (Jack) Tue, 29 Dec 2009 21:56:08 -0000
http://www.dailypaul.com/node/114841 Very Quietly Obama's Citizenship Case Reaches Supreme Court
Court: Mediation before foreclosure: The Florida Supreme Court has ordered homeowners and their lenders to pursue m... http://bit.ly/6NX0a4
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Court: Mediation before foreclosure: The Florida Supreme Court has ordered homeowners and their lenders to pursue m... http://bit.ly/6NX0a4
Who is Rick Green? http://bit.ly/8L2red @TexasRickGreen for Texas Supreme Court #fb
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Who is Rick Green? http://bit.ly/8L2red @TexasRickGreen for Texas Supreme Court #fb
Supreme Court of the United States - Official page of the United States Supreme Court, featuring court's opinions and orders, calendar and schedules, rules, news releases and general information.
A Vacancy on the Court - Covers the history, processes, and politics of appointments to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Curiae Project - Provides Supreme Court records, briefs and other relevant materials. From Yale Law School.
Duke Law School's Supreme Court Online - The site includes summaries of the facts and legal issues involved in recent Supreme Court cases, plus in-depth study and commentary about several featured cases. The material is written in laymen's terms.
Federal Legal Information Through Electronics (FLITE) - Supreme Court Decisions - More than 7,000 Supreme Court opinions dating from 1937 through 1975, from volumes 300 through 422 of U.S. Reports. Search by case or by keyword.
FindLaw: Supreme Court Opinions - Searchable database of the Supreme Court decisions since 1893.
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GPO: Supreme Court Records - Government Printing Office’s record of Court decisions from 1937-1975.
Meta Description: [ Search for the full text of Supreme Court decisions issued between 1937 and 1975 on GPO Access. ]
Jurist - Supreme Court Site - Contains scholarly articles and news pertaining to the Supreme Court. This site also contains a wealth of links to various other Supreme Court sites.
Law.com - U.S. Supreme Court Monitor - Features current news, summaries of decisions, and information on upcoming cases.
Meta Description: [ Law.com state and regional resources provide you with local and national news, cases and developments ]
Legal Information Institute Supreme Court Collection: Selected Historic Decisions - Access to text and background information on selected rulings. Searchable by topic, party name, or opinion author.
On the Docket - Includes a current listing of pending cases, dates for scheduled oral arguments, the questions presented to the Court and citations for the lower court opinions. From Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism.
Oyez Project: Audio Collection - Provides the audio of oral arguments from cases before the Supreme Court.
Oyez Project: Virtual Tour of the US Supreme Court - Offers a panoramic look at building exteriors and interiors. Requires QuickTime plug-in for viewing.
Supreme Court and the Law in the News - Contains information on how the Court operates as well as links to various outside sources. Also provides information on Supreme Court related reading materials.
Supreme Court Center - Offers briefs, cases indexes, a look at the pending docket and the current term’s schedule as well as the filing guidelines for the Court.
Supreme Court Collection - Cornell Law School - This database contains decisions of the Supreme Court from 1990 to the present, plus selected historic decisions from the founding of the Court. Decisions archived at the Legal Information Institute of the Cornell Law School.
Meta Description: [ Law: U.S. Supreme Court opinions and orders. Includes all decisions from 1992 to the present, and a selection of historic decisions. ]
Supreme Court Docket - Automated tracking system providing free access to information about cases coming up before the Supreme Court.
Supreme Court News - Provides news and information about the Supreme Court, as well as each Supreme Court Justice. From U.S. Politics Today.
Meta Description: [ Supreme Court News Sections. Service for political professionals. Constantly updated news and information about U.S. politics. ]
Supreme Court Rules - The 1995 Supreme Court Rules, from Cornell's Legal Information Institute.
Supreme Court Watch - Supreme Court news from PBS.
Meta Description: [ Online NewsHour, Supreme Court Watch ]
Supreme Larceny: An Unexpurgated History of the Supreme Court - One view of the Supreme Court suggesting they stole legislative powers reserved for Congress. Much of the materials from D. J. Connolly.
Meta Description: [ Our employees on the Supreme Court have stolen legislative powers the Constitution reserves to ]
Technology, the Supreme Court, and the Fourth Amendment - A historical perspective of the Fourth Amendment and how its protections are affected by technological innovation. Includes relevent Supreme Court decisions and analysis. From Burt Johnson of the University of Minnesota.
The Supreme Court - A Journey Through Time - Provides a virtual tour of the Supreme Court, from 1810 to the present.
The Supreme Court Historical Society - Provides historical information about the Court, including biographies of the justices and locations of the building.
US Supreme Court Decisions - Searchable database of all US Supreme Court decisions since 1790. From Justia, Oyez and US Court Forms.
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USA Today's Supreme Court Site - A comprehensive listing of Supreme Court related news stories.
Washingtonpost.com: About the Supreme Court - Biographies and photos of the justices.
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