GPO Makes Available Supreme Court Cases Dating Back to the 18th Century
WASHINGTON —The U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) has made available
hundreds of historic volumes of U.S. Supreme Court cases dating from 1790–1991.
These cases are published officially in the United States Reports and are now
available on GPO’s GovInfo, the one-stop site for authentic, published information
for all three branches of the Federal Government.
United States Reports: https://www.govinfo.gov/app/collection/usreports
“GPO is proud to make these historic volumes of Supreme Court cases available to
the American public," said GPO Director Hugh Nathanial Halpern. “The addition of
this collection to GovInfo is just one more step toward GPO delivering on its vision
of an America Informed.”
Major cases available through this new collection include:
Brown v. Board of Education, 347 U.S. 483 (1954)
https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/USREPORTS-347/USREPORTS-347-483: The
Court finds that segregated schools in the states are unconstitutional.
Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436 (1966)
https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/USREPORTS-384/USREPORTS-384-436:The
Court rules that police must advise criminal suspects of their rights under the
Constitution to remain silent and consult with a lawyer.
Marbury v. Madison, 5 U.S. (1 Cranch) 137 (1803)
https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/USREPORTS-5/USREPORTS-5-137:
Establishes judicial review, which gives the Supreme Court the authority to review
the actions of other branches of Government to determine whether they are
constitutional.
The cases of the Supreme Court of the United States are published officially in the
United States Reports. The volumes are compiled and published for the Court by
the Reporter of Decisions. A volume of the United States Reports also usually
contains a list of Justices and officers of the Court during the Term; an allotment of
Justices by circuit; announcements of Justices’ investitures and retirements;
memorial proceedings for deceased Justices; a cumulative table of cases reported;
orders in cases decided in summary fashion; reprints of amendments to the
Supreme Court’s Rules and the various sets of Federal Rules of Procedure; a topical
index; and a statistical table summarizing case activity for the past three Court
Terms.
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