Contents of this brief guide include major sources of law and legal information in Ohio, as well as general information about state and local government.
OH Cases on WestlawIncludes the Ohio Supreme Court (1821 to present), Ohio Court of Appeals (1913 to present), and State Trial Courts (1840 to present).
OH Cases on LexisOH Supreme Court Cases from 1821, OH Courts of Appeals Cases from 1913, OH Miscellaneous Cases from 1823.
OH Cases on Bloomberg LawIncludes Ohio Supreme Court (1852 to present), Ohio Court of Appeals (1913 to present), and State Trial Courts (coverage varies).
The Ohio Supreme Court provides case dockets back to 1989 and some case documents from 2006.
The Supreme Court of Ohio Law Library carries records and briefs on microfilm (1897-1986), microfiche (1964-175-1996-2005) & bound volumes (1903-1995).
Try searching for dockets on the court's web site. The National Center for State Courts offers judicial branch links for each state, focusing on the administrative office of the courts, the court of last resort, any intermediate appellate courts, and each trial court level.
To locate state court materials not available within Westlaw, Lexis or Bloomberg Law, see Dockets & Court Documents page in our Briefs, Oral Arguments and Other Court Documents Research Guide.
Some state appellate courts may make recordings of oral arguments and hearings available on their web sites.
The Law Library's ILL Services, a library-to-library resource sharing service, does not order court materials from a court's clerk. Please contact the court directly for copies.