Federal Court Rules Research Guide

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces hears appeals from all four (Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Navy) Courts of Criminal Appeals. The decisions of this court may be appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court by writ of certiorari.

Title 10 of the United States Code Annotated (U.S.C.A.) (West)

• Located in the Title 10 volumes of U.S.C.A., following 10 U.S.C.A. § 867. 
• Provides the text of rules, advisory committee notes, case annotations, and cross references to secondary sources such as West's Legal Forms and Wright and Miller's Federal Practice and Procedure, and others.
• Locations:
  • Current: KF62 1927.A3 (located in the Reading Room)
  • Historic (back to 1960): Located in Historic Core; ask at the Williams Circulation Desk

Court Rules volumes of the United States Code Service (U.S.C.S.) (Lexis)

• Located after the Title 50 volumes of U.S.C.S.
• Provides the text of the rules, case annotations, and cross references to Federal Procedure Lawyers Edition and other secondary sources.
• An index to the Rules of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces appears at the end of the volume containing those rules.
• Locations:
  • Current: KF62 1972.U5 (located in the Reading Room)
  • Historic (back to 1978): Located in Historic Core; ask at the Williams Circulation Desk

Title 10, Appendix of the United States Code (U.S.C.) (G.P.O.)

• Located at the end of the last volume containing portions of Title 10. 
• This official source includes the text of the rules and advisory committee notes, but does not provide case annotations.
• Tends to be out-of-date, as main editions are published only once every six years, although annual cumulative supplements are published between main editions.
• Locations:
  • Current: KF62 2006 .A2 (located in the Reading Room)
  • Historic (back to 1934): located in Historic Core; ask at the Williams Circulation Desk
  • Electronic (PDF) (1925 - current): available on HeinOnline