An overview of the Supreme Court, its history, operations, and traditions, as well as biographical information on the justices. Also includes summaries of important decisions of the court from 1790 to summer of 1979. Decision of the United States Supreme Court . This publication serves as a convenient guide to each term of the Supreme Court. It contains a listing of court personnel, a survey of the term, summaries of decisions, and a case table.
Subject indexing is by factual or conceptual terms.
An annotated bibliography containing references to primary and secondary source material. A Reference Guide to the United States Supreme Court . This guide provides an overview of important constitutional issues addressed by the court as well as summaries of landmark cases. Also included are short biographies of the justices and several useful appendices containing chronological listings of the landmark cases, and the justices and the courts on which they served. The Supreme Court and Its Work .