Supreme Court Insight

For more detailed information about search and content types, please refer to the Supreme Court Insight Help Files by clicking on the link below.

Use the Home page search options to search  across all content in the product.

Note just below the search box is a Find Terms option that allows users to use the indexes for Case Name, Justice, Popular Law Name, Subject, and Amicus Curiae.  

Use the boxes under the search box to populate the Advanced Search page for Case Histories, Briefs, and Landmark Cases (that is, if you click on link Search All Landmark Cases, you'll be taken to the Advanced Search Page with the box for the Landmark Cases checked).

Use the Advanced Search form to take advantage of additional options for searching.

Note to the right of the search boxes  is a Find Terms option that allows users to use the indexes for Case Name, Justice, Popular Law Name, Subject, and Amicus Curiae.  

Underneath the search boxes are two lines of options. 

• First, the option to select whether this case was heard by the Court (this option is available to those with the Cert Denied module only).


• Second is the Limit To option (note:  these options will product no results for those searching only the cases not heard).  The Limit To option allows  allow users to limit the search to case characteristics including landmark cases, in forma pauperis, per curiam cases and summary disposition.

Underneath the characteristics are More Search Options.  The first of these is the Date.  Use the Date options for calendar dates, use the Court Term option for specific years of the term or to choose all years of, for example the Roberts Court.

The left column allows users to choose specific document types to search (or all of them).

Use the blue "i" button to learn more about the document types.

To the right of the search boxes is a pull down so specific fields can be searched (all fields except full text, all fields including full text, Amicus Curiae Name/Organization, Attorney for the Petitioner/Respondent, Justice Name, Petitioner Name/Organization, Popular Law Name, Respondent Name/Organization, Subject, and Supreme Court Case Name).

Underneath the date field/court term option is a series of options allowing users to select circuit or state court, specific Justices (type one or more names) and their role in the option, and Amicus briefs filings.