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Courts & Judiciary
Federal Court Locator - Villanova Univ. School of Law 
The Federal Court Locator gives access to information related to the federal judiciary, including slip opinions.  Information can be viewed online or it can be downloaded.

Federal Judicial Center
The Federal Judicial Center is "the education and research agency of the federal courts."  Among its many statutory duties, the center also provides continuing education and training to federal judges and other court employees.

FindLaw
Master index for legal resources or any kind of legal information.  Also available at this site is State Law information on a variety of legal topics, from Adoption to Traffic Laws.

History of the Federal Judiciary
Check out the history of the federal courts, and biographies of Supreme, Circuit, and District Court judges since 1789. 

U.S. Courts
The purpose of this site is to function as a clearinghouse for information from and about the Judicial Branch of the U.S. Government.

Supreme Court of the United States
The homepage of the Supreme Court of the United States contains a great deal of information about the Court, its structure, and its history, as well as visitor information, dockets, and opinions. 
- Highlights of the 2007-2008 Supreme Court's term - Cornell University 
- Supreme Court Opinions (2005-2008) 

4th Circuit Opinions - Emory University 

U.S. District Court Western District of North Carolina
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court
- Probation & Pretrial Services

United States Sentencing Commission
The sentencing commission is an independent agency of the Judicial Branch that provides sentencing policy guidelines to federal judges; it advises and assists Congress in the development of effective and efficient crime policy, and serves as an information resource of federal crime and sentencing issues.

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