Supreme Court Research Guide

Rules

Court rules prescribe procedures for practice in the courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court. The Supreme Court rules dictate such matters as how to petition for writ of certiorari, how to be admitted to the Supreme Court bar, and how to conduct an oral argument before the Court. The Rules of the U.S. Supreme Court are available from the following online sources:

• United States Code (KF62 2006 .A2)
  Rules are located at the end of the volume containing Title 28. The United States Code provides the text of the rules and advisory committee notes, but it does not provide case annotations. This is an official source of federal court rules; however, it tends to be at least two or three years out of date. The United States Code is also available on Gov.info and through HeinOnline.
   
• United States Code Annotated (KF62 1927.A3)
  Rules are located after the Title 28 volumes. U.S.C.A. provides the text of rules, case annotations, and cross references to law review articles, West's Legal Forms, West's Federal Practice Manual, Wright and Miller's Federal Practice and Procedure, and other secondary sources. An index to the Rules of the Supreme Court appears right at the end of those rules.
   
• United States Code Service (KF62 1972.U5].
  Rules are located after the Title 50 volumes. U.S.C.S. provides the text of the rules, case annotations, and cross references to law review articles, American Jurisprudence Trials, American Jurisprudence Pleading and Practice Forms, Moore,s Federal Practice, and other secondary sources. An index to the Rules of the Supreme Court appears at the end of the volume containing those rules.
   
• Rules of the Supreme Court of the United States
  • The Georgetown Law Library has thirty-four of the thirty-nine pamphlets on microfiche (1790-1984) (KF9056 .A19 Micro) and five in print (1858, 1970, 1980, 1990, and 1997) (KF9056.A19 U96, KF9056 .A2 2006r).