Finding Case Law

In the last 10 years, courts have begun self-publishing the legal opinions they issue, based on appeals made to them. If you are seeking a starting point, however, there is plenty of case law available from most jurisdictions for the last 5 years.

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LexisOne's Free Case Law: The last five years of state supreme and appellate courts for all 50 states, for the Federal appeals courts, as well as all U.S. Supreme Court opinions.
National Case Law via Fastcase.com: Law Library Subscribers Only. Includes case law from all 50 states and Federal courts, including bankruptcy and tax courts.
The Public Library of Law: Fastcase has created the Public Library of Law -- to make it easy to find the law online. PLoL is the largest FREE law library in the world, because they assemble law available for free scattered across many different sites -- all in one place. PLoL is the best starting place to find law on the Web.

Ohio State Supreme Court: Searchable Supreme Court opinions.; Summaries of recent Supreme Court opinions
Ohio State District Courts of Appeals: Use the Ohio state map or click on the direct link to the court
Appellate Opinions by District: Search by District: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12; Not sure which District? Search by county name:
Court of Claims

Opinions: Both Supreme Court and Court of Appeals opinions are available at the Kentucky Courts site.
Docket Information: Supreme Court Docket; Court of Appeals Docket

Supreme Court and Appeals Court Opinions: Searchable opinions of the Supreme Court, Tax Court, and Appeals Court (archive) since 1999; Current opinions; Supreme Court opinions since 1998 at Findlaw

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