Pennsylvania Resources

Printer Reporters

• Pennsylvania State Reports (1845 - ). Pennsylvania. Supreme Court. (West), Call Number: State 1st Floor KFP45 .A2, last updated at Law Library with v.657.

Research Guides

• PA Appellate Cases (Jenkins L. Libr.).
• PA Trial Cases (Jenkins L. Libr.).

Dockets

• Public Web Docket Sheets.

Research Guide

• Pennsylvania Dockets (Jenkins L. Libr.).

Case Briefs

• State Library of Pennsylvania: Search for the keywords pennsylvania records briefs in the State Library of Pennsylvania Catalog.
• Jenkins Law Library: Provides its members access to Court Records & Briefs index database to help locate and request documents from their website.
• Widener University Law School Library: Offers an Index of Pennsylvania Supreme Court Records & Briefs organized by date, party, and citation to the cases that the library carries. The library has copies of select records and briefs dating back to 1997.
• Libraries that own Records and Briefs of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in microform can be found in WorldCat.

Dockets

• 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.

Court Records & Documents

• 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.