My favorite online source for free case law has been Findlaw.com. Bulk.resource.org is also a very good source for federal material. And now we have Google Scholar. I tried searching for "In re Tobacco II Cases," and it gave me the original Court of Appeal opinion from 2006, not the Supreme Court's opinion. However, it worked great when I typed in the citation. Another drawback is that there seems to be no static permalink for cases, which the other two online sources both have.
The main page is http://scholar.google.com/ and you have to select the "legal opinions and journals" button. [Via California Labor and Employment Blog.]
Thank you for the hat tip! I agree with you that Google Scholar has issues but I still think it's a promising start. I view it as another tool in the arsenal.
Gene
Posted by: Eugene Lee | Sunday, November 22, 2009 at 10:55 AM
This is one of the projects that makes the internet shine. The ability to research and learn the laws of our country should be open to all.
Posted by: Paul | Friday, January 22, 2010 at 08:13 AM