Finding NJ State Cases
What jurisdiction is the location of the court?"Jurisdiction" can have several legal meanings, but it can also indicate the location of the court. Is the case you are seeking a NJ State case or is it a NJ Federal case?
Search for court opinions, NJ supreme court cases and criminal judgments from this site.
Often court records can not be found freely online or via a legal database (Westlaw, etc.). You can either visit the county clerk where the case was held to obtain records, or see if the state has an online portal. This link will take you to NJ's online records portal. This may give you access to things not found in the opinion (if published). Often state records are not free to access.
New Jersey State Court Structure
To view other states, visit this link and click on the interactive map.
Finding U.S. District Court of NJ Cases
U.S. District Court (Federal) cases can be found through several websites.
Justia - is a company that offers free links and information on court dockets and filings. This site allows you to track a docket. The information will have the most recent date of an update. More recent docket listing can be found on PACER.
PACER - is maintained by the U.S. government and provides electronic access to federal court cases. While court opinions can be found for free on PACER, other court records in the docket are not free and cost per page to access. An account must created to read court opinions via this site. Please note, it takes 7-10 business days to receive a letter with an authentication token in the mail in order to login to PACER.
Find U.S. Supreme Court Opinions
Search the most recent opinions of the Court on this site.The opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States are published officially in a set of case books called the United States Reports.This site has access to opinions from 1991-current.
To find additional U.S. Supreme Court decisions, try FindLaw's database of cases from 1760 to present.Supreme Court opinions are browsable by year and U.S. Reports volume number, and are searchable by party name, case title, citation, full text and docket number.
Google Scholar Case Law
Find Case Law from NJ cases from 1950 to present. Also includes access to other states, with varying dates.
