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Bankruptcy: Case Law

Bankruptcy Cases

Most bankruptcy-related decisions are routine and not reported.

Published decisions can be found in West's Bankruptcy Reporter (B.R.) which was started in 1980. The reporter includes decisions from bankruptcy courts, Bankruptcy Appellate Panels (BAPS), and bankruptcy-related district court opinions and appellate court decisions.

Bankruptcy Courts

The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts  (AOC) on behalf of the Federal Judiciary provides free bankruptcy information from and about the Judicial Branch of the U.S. Government. There are many official bankruptcy filing and procedure forms that must be used in bankruptcy proceedings. They are available through the AOC.

The site contains information on the following:

U.S. Courts RSS Feed

Pro Se Resources

Oklahoma City University Law Library offers a number of pro se materials which can be found in the General Collection. There are several bankruptcy related titles. These books are not available to be checked out but you may read them in the library.

Bankruptcy Case Law and Matierals

Google Scholar is a great resource for identifying scholarly citations. Google Scholar aggregates academic citations and materials. You may also search for legal opinions using Google Scholar.

Google Scholar Search

Supreme Court Decisions Online

U.S. Supreme Court The Official website of the U.S. Supreme Court.  Here you will find recent Supreme Court slip opinions and PDFs of the United States Reports, beginning with Volume 502 (October 1991).

 

The Oyez Project  An archive of Supreme Court related materials including audio recordings of court proceedings. 

 

Legal Information Institute Supreme Court Collection

 

Findlaw US Supreme Court Center

Appellate and District Court Decisions

Administrative Office of the Courts The administrative office of the federal judiciary.
 
Pacer Service Center Online access to federal court docket information. This is a fee based service.
 
Federal Court Locator from Villanova University A collection of state and federal court materials and links to each federal court.
 

Subject Guide

Freely Available Resources

Below is a sample list of resources freely available to anyone with Internet access.