Briefs Having read the Court's opinion, you may be interested in the briefs filed by counsel, to see what arguments were advanced by each side. Briefs for cases from 1920 to the present are available in microfiche in the Microforms Room. The briefs from the 1950 term on are arranged in docket number order. Before that, they are arranged according to the U.S. Reports citation. If you need briefs from before 1920, the law library at UNC-Chapel Hill has the complete set from 1789 to the present in microform.
Recent briefs are available online.
Neither online database contains petitions for certiorari in cases where the Supreme Court does not grant review, but these are contained in the microfiche set from the 1985 term to the present. Oral Arguments Transcripts of oral arguments in Supreme Court cases are received by the library in microfiche, and are also available online. Since 1969 all oral arguments have been transcribed and available on microfiche in the Microforms Room about 6 to 12 months after the date of the argument. Landmark Briefs and Arguments of the Supreme Court contains transcripts of oral arguments for cases therein when available. U.S. Law Week publishes summaries or excerpts of selected oral arguments.