Case Coverage

AltLaw's database contains case law from the following periods:

• United States Supreme Court:
  • Cases from 1803 to the present
• United States Circuit Courts of Appeal:
  • Published cases from 1950 to the present
  • Unpublished cases from 1996 to the present

Which translates to the following reporter volumes:

• United States Reporter (U.S.): volumes 1 to 544
• Federal Reporter, Third Series (F.3d): volumes 1 to 491
• Federal Reporter, Second Series (F.2d): volumes 178 to 999

Coverage is incomplete for all courts and all time periods! We cannot guarantee that we have every important case in the periods above. In fact, we know that at least a few cases are missing.

We can only use sources that are 100% public domain. Unfortunately, large swaths of U.S. case law are only available in private, commercial databases.

Detailed, court-by-court coverage listings will return soon.