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LOCAL GOVERNMENT

COOK COUNTY RESOURCES

• Cook County Information Center
• Cook County Clerk of the Circuit Court
• Cook County Clerk's Office
• Cook County Commission on Human Rights
• Cook County Assessor's Office
• Cook County State's Attorney's Office
• Cook County Sheriff's Office

ONLINE RESOURCES OF OTHER COUNTIES

• National Association of Counties (NACO)

CITY OF CHICAGO RESOURCES

• City of Chicago Home Page
• Chicago Police Department
• Chicago Public Library

MUNICIPAL CODES ONLINE

• Municipal Codes Online
  (selected municipal & county codes nationwide, compiled by Seattle Public Library)
• Municipal Code Corporation, List of Codes

ILLINOIS RESOURCES

LEGISLATIVE

• Illinois General Assembly - Illinois Legislative Services

  Legislation - Bills and amendments from 90th and 91st General Assembly
  Illinois Compiled Statutes
  Illinois Public Acts for the 90th and 91st General Assembly
  Illinois State Constitution 1970
  Information on Senate, House of Representatives, Legislative Agencies

ADMINISTRATIVE

• Illinois Administrative Code Table of Contents
• Illinois Register Table of Contents (current issue)
• State of Illinois Home Page

FEDERAL STATUTORY RESOURCES

LEGISLATION

• Library of Congress -Thomas - Legislative Information on the Internet

  Legislation (bill summaries & status, bill text, public laws etc.)
  Congressional Record
  Committee Information (committee reports, committee home pages etc.)

• U.S. Government Printing Office
  GPO Access - Superintendent of Documents
  Congressional Publications

  Also:

  Executive Branch Resources Judicial Branch Resources Regulatory Resources Administrative Decisions Resources

UNITED STATES CODE

• United States Code
  U.S. Government Printing Office
  GPO Access - Superintendent of Documents
• U.S. House of Representatives, Office of the Law Revision Counsel
  Search the United States Code
• Legal Information Institute (LII) - Cornell Law School U.S. Code

U.S. CONSTITUTION Text

• National Archives and Records Administration
  The Constitution of the United States
  Analysis
• Library of Congress
  Congressional Research Service
  The Constitution of the United States of America
  Annotations of Cases Decided by the Supreme Court of the United States
  Analysis and Interpretation

OTHER FEDERAL RESOURCES

• U.S. Federal Government Agencies Directory
  Louisiana State University Libraries

STATE OF ILLINOIS JUDICIAL RESOURCES

• Supreme Court of Illinois
• Illinois Judicial System Online
  Illinois Supreme Court Opinions (filed since May 23, 1996)
  Illinois Appellate Court Opinions (filed since September 1, 1996)
  

ILLINOIS CIRCUIT COURTS

• First Judicial Circuit
• Second Judicial Circuit
• Fourth Judicial Circuit
• Sixth Judicial Circuit
• Seventh Judicial Circuit
• Eighth Judicial Circuit
• Thirteenth Judicial Circuit
• Sixteenth Judicial Circuit
• Seventeenth Judicial Circuit
• Eighteenth Judicial Circuit
• Nineteenth Judicial Circuit
• Twentieth Judicial Circuit
• Twenty first Judicial Circuit

FEDERAL JUDICIAL RESOURCESUNITED STATES SUPREME COURT

• Supreme Court Collection
  Cornell Law School - Legal Information Institute (LII)
• FedWorld - Federal Legal Information Through Electronics (FLITE)
  Supreme Court Decisions 1937-1975
• FindLaw
  U.S. Supreme Court Opinions
• Northwestern University - The Oyez Project
  U.S. Supreme Court Multimedia Database
• "USSC+" Database of U.S. Supreme Court Opinions

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

• Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals (Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin)
  (official site)
• Browsing the 7th Circuit Database
  Chicago-Kent College of Law
• Federal Law Materials - Judicial Opinions for all Circuit Courts of Appeal
  Legal Information Institute (LII) - Cornell Law School

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

• Northern District of Illinois
• Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts
  The Federal Judiciary Homepage
• BankruptcyData.com
  Directory of United States Bankruptcy Courts
• FindLaw
  Federal District Courts
• The United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Illinois
• WashLawWEB
  Washburn University School of Law

SPECIALIZED COURTS

• Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals
• United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces
• United States Department of Commerce Office of General Counsel
• United States Court of Federal Claims

OTHER COURT RESOURCES

• Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts
  The Federal Judiciary Homepage
  Publications and Directories
• FindLaw
• Law Library Resource Xchange, LLC
  Rules of Court: Litigator's Internet Resource Guide
• National Center for State Courts
• National Association for Court Management