Keywords & Search Strategies - Justice Studies 245 - Sack - Research Guides at Santa Barbara City College

Identifying Supreme Court Cases

Your assignment asks you to identify three Supreme Court Cases, related to either the 4th, 5th, OR 6th Amendment, in which Justice John Roberts is indicated as the “Chief Justice” in the case.

How do I identify possible cases to study?

Google and Wikipedia can be great tools for helping you identify Supreme Court cases related to the Amendment you chose.Try searching Google using search terms such as:

Supreme Court cases 4th Amendment
Landmark 5th Amendment Supreme Court cases
Roberts Court 6th Amendment cases

When you have identified specific cases to explore, look up the case in a free online tool like Oyez or FindLaw, or in the Library's Nexis Uni database.

FindLaw United States Supreme Court Cases
This free, searchable database of U.S. Supreme Court decisions includes the court’s historic decisions dating back to 1760. You can browse decisions by calendar year, or search by party name, case title, or citation.
Oyez
Oyez (pronounced OH-yay) provides free access to information about and from the United States Supreme Court, including court decisions, concurring and dissenting opinions, and oral argument recordings dating back to 1955.

Nexis Uni

Provides the full text of news, business, and legal sources, including: current and back issues of local, regional, national, and international newspapers; television and radio transcripts; newswires; blogs; information on more than 80 million U.S. and international companies and more than 75 million executives; law reviews and journals; and the Shepard's® Citations Service for all federal and state court cases and statutes back to 1789.

Justice Studies 245 - Sack: Keywords & Search Strategies

Identifying Supreme Court Cases

How do I identify possible cases to study?