Guides: Ohio Resources: Cases & Courts

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OH Cases on Westlaw Includes the Ohio Supreme Court (1821 to present), Ohio Court of Appeals (1913 to present), and State Trial Courts (1840 to present).
OH Cases on Lexis OH Supreme Court Cases from 1821, OH Courts of Appeals Cases from 1913, OH Miscellaneous Cases from 1823.
OH Cases on Bloomberg Law Includes Ohio Supreme Court (1852 to present), Ohio Court of Appeals (1913 to present), and State Trial Courts (coverage varies).
Ohio Supreme and Appellate Court Opinions Coverage from 1992.
HeinOnline: Ohio Historical Reports
LLMC Digital: Ohio Historical Reports

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).

Some state court dockets may be found in:
- Westlaw: Dockets: See Coverage Status by Court or Dockets Index to determine coverage for Georgetown Law accounts. See Dockets and Court Wire to determine which court materials are covered by the two Westlaw services. Georgetown Law does not have access to Court Wire, but does to Court Wire Alert Archive.
- Lexis: Dockets.
- Bloomberg Law Docket Search: See Dockets Coverages & Outages for coverage. Docket coverage does not mean, however, that all filings within the coverage dates are held by Bloomberg Law. Also, see our Law Library's FAQ on fees and Bloomberg Law's Docket Search.
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.

Some Briefs and Trial Court Documents may be available on Westlaw.
CourtLink and Briefs, Pleadings and Motions may be found on Lexis.
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.