1. Government Internet Resources:
Federal, State and Local
Jeffrey Franklin and David Rakowski

2. Statutes, Bills and Legislative History
State and Federal:
– PBA / InCite – http://www.pabar.org/public/cobranded.asp
• co‐branded legal research website
• includes:
Unannotated Pennsylvania statutes
U.S. Code
Federal & Pennsylvania court rules
Appellate cases from all states for past five years
All Circuit Court cases for the past five years
Pennsylvania Supreme Court cases, 1791 to present
Pennsylvania Superior Court cases, 1895 to present
U.S. Third Circuit cases, 1995 to present
U.S. Supreme Court Case Law, 1790 to present
Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court cases, Oct. 1970 to present
• Requires a Pennsylvania Bar Association membership number (call the Pennsylvania Bar Association
if you do not know this number. It is not the same as a Pennsylvania Supreme Court Attorney ID
Number)

3. FindLaw for Legal Professionals
http://lp.findlaw.com/
Browse United States Constitution ‐
http://www.findlaw.com/casecode/constitution/
Articles
Amendments
United States Code (USC) – federal statutes
Browse / search USC:
http://codes.lp.findlaw.com/uscode
United States Supreme Court Opinions ‐
http://www.findlaw.com/casecode/supreme.html#dirsearch1
Search by:
Citation
Party name(s)
Full‐text search

4. Bills/Session Laws
• Federal
– THOMAS (http://thomas.loc.gov)
– Government Printing Office
(http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/)
• Pennsylvania
– General Assembly
(http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/home/session.cfm)

5. Bills/Session Laws (cont’d)
• Pennsylvania Bulletin (www.pabulletin.com)
• Other states: LII (www.law.cornell.edu)

6. Regulations and Agencies
• Code of Federal Regulations (www.ecfr.gov)
• Regulations.gov
• Pennsylvania-
(http://www.pacode.com/secure/browse.asp)
• Agencies (both federal and state)-
(www.usa.gov)

7. Find Court Opinions, Forms, Rules and
Dockets
• Justia (www.justia.com)
• Pacer (www.pacer.gov)

8. Federal & Bankruptcy Court Websites
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of PA
‐ http://www.paed.uscourts.gov/
U.S. District Court for the Middle District of PA
‐ http://www.pamd.uscourts.gov/
U.S. District Court for the Western District of
PA ‐ http://www.pawd.uscourts.gov/
U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey
‐ http://www.njd.uscourts.gov/
United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern
District of Pennsylvania –
http://www.paeb.uscourts.gov/
United States Bankruptcy Court for the Middle
District of Pennsylvania –
http://www.pamb.uscourts.gov/
United States Bankruptcy Court for the
Western District of Pennsylvania ‐
http://www.pawb.uscourts.gov/

9. Pennsylvania Courts of Common Pleas
State: (http://www.pacourts.us/T/CommonPleas/)
Some local examples:
• Lehigh County ‐ http://www.lccpa.org/
• Berks County ‐ http://www.berkscourts.us/courts/site/default.asp
• Montgomery County ‐
http://courts.montcopa.org/courts/site/default.asp
• Chester County ‐ http://www.chesco.org/index.aspx?NID=1333
• Bucks County-
http://www.buckscounty.org/courts/courtinfo/commonpleas.aspx