There are times when the documents created during the course of a case can be useful. Therefore, the briefs, dockets and oral arguments are often kept as part of the record for a court case. However, there are varying degrees of access for these documents depending on which court you are working with.
Federal court briefs are generally the easiest court documents to access but there are still limitations. The following are commercial and freely available resources providing access to briefs from the U.S. Supreme Court, other Federal Courts and State Courts.
Court Dockets provide an index of all filings in a given case. Most courts at all levels now have some type of online docket presence. For state courts, the court's web site may be your best bet for docket information. However, for the U.S. Supreme Court and Federal Courts, there are other options.
As for oral arguments of cases, the U.S. Supreme Court is the only court with an online presence in this area.
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