Guides: Tennessee Resources: Cases & Courts

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TN Cases on Westlaw Superior Court of the Territory South of the River Ohio: 1791 - 1796; Superior Court of Law and Equity: 1799 - 1809; Supreme Court of Errors and Appeals: 1811 - 1835; Supreme Court: begins with 1835; Supreme Court, Special Workers' ; Compensation Appeals Panel: begins with 1992; Court of Appeals: begins with 1925; Court of Criminal Appeals: begins with 1967; Court of Chancery Appeals: 1895-1901.
TN Cases on Lexis TN Chancery Appeals Cases, 1895-1901; TN Chancery Courts - Trial Level Orders; TN Circuit Courts - Trial Level Orders; TN Court of Appeals Cases from 1925; TN Court of Criminal Appeals Cases from 1967; TN Criminal Courts - Trial Level Orders; TN Supreme Court Cases from 1791.
TN Cases on Bloomberg Law Supreme Court of Tennessee 1791 to Current; Court of Appeals 1925 to Current; Criminal Court of Appeals 1967 to Current; Court of Chancery Appeals 1895 to 1901; Sp. Workers Compensation Appeals Panel 1995 to Current.
Supreme Court Opinions (Tenn. St. Cts.) Coverage from 1995.
Appellate Court Opinions (Tenn. St. Cts.) Includes Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, Court of Criminal Appeals, Ethics and Worker's Compensation Panel, & Court Rules.
HeinOnline: Tennessee Historical Reports
LLMC Digital: Tennessee Historical Reports

From 1809 to approximately 1950, print case files are held by the Tennessee State Library and Archives.

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.