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Welcome to FindLaw's searchable database of U.S. Supreme Court decisions for Volume 414. Supreme Court opinions are browsable by year and U.S. Reports volume number, and are searchable by party name, case title, citation, full text and docket number. Published opinions in Volumes 1 through 557 are available. To access decisions published after June 2009 in Volumes 558 and higher, please either browse by calendar year or search by party name or full text. FindLaw maintains an archive of Supreme Court opinion summaries from September 2000 to the present. Summarized cases are browsable by date and searchable by docket number, case title, and full text.
The United States Supreme Court acts as the “court of last resort” in the U.S. legal system. The court receives thousands of petitions each year. Around 100 are chosen for review by the nine justices. The modern court’s main job is to be the final decision-maker on issues involving the Constitution.
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