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Orders

Supreme Court website: Provides the text of orders and opinions relating to orders from October 2003-present. Granted/noted cases lists are also provided from October 2005-present, in PDF format only.

Findlaw: Orders from 1999-2008 are archived on Findlaw. Orders from October 2000-2008 are available in PDF and HTML; previous orders are available in HTML only.

Journal of the Supreme Court: The Journal of the Supreme Court of the United States is an official record of the minutes of the Court, published chronologically each day it is in session. It does not contain the full text of the Court's opinions, but it does list the disposition of cases, the cases argued on a particular day and the attorneys who presented oral argument, and miscellaneous announcements from the bench. This site provides full-text access to the Journal issues from October 1993-present.