Lifting the veil on state supreme courts

Over 200 cases were reviewed by Texas' highest courts last year. Around a dozen of these received major media coverage. In-depth reporting and empirical research on the law is hamstrung due to a lack of highly accurate, freely available data in appropriate formats. Building upon its successful U.S. Supreme Court database, Oyez will present its new individual court sites and resources associated for state supreme courts.

With developments underway to serve one-third of the American public through state supreme courts in TX, CA, NY, FL, and IL, Oyez will feature its new database and demonstrate how to benefit from its research tools. Each court will have an individual site that includes plain-English case summaries, opinions, transcript-synchronized video/audio recordings, justice biographies, and decision information. Spanish translations of case materials will also be generated for select courts – a service not currently available by any provider.