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Statutes

Cornell University Law School LII: State Law Listing by Jurisdiction
The Legal Information Institution (LII) of Cornell Law School provides a listing of state law resources, organized alphabetically by state. This resource offers hyperlinks to free resources for state constitutions, statutes, bills, court opinions, court rules, regulations, and other collections of state legal resources.

Law Librarians Society of Washington, D.C.: State Legislatures, State Laws, and State Regulations
The Law Librarians Society of Washington, D.C. has compiled links to state legislature websites, state statutes online, and state regulations online for every state, as well as listed phone numbers for contacting the leaders and law libraries of every state.

FindLaw: State Laws
This FindLaw webpage provides information on state laws for all 50 states, organized first by state, and then broken down by subject.

Cases

National Center for State Courts: State Court Websites
The National Center for State Courts (NCSC) is an independent, nonprofit organization that provides research information and comparative data to support improvement in judicial administration in state courts. This NCSC webpage provides links to websites for all 50 states where court records, including dockets and cases, can be accessed.

Google Scholar
Google Scholar allows you to search and read published opinions from state appellate and supreme court cases from 1950 - present.  It also provides access to U.S. federal district, appellate, tax and bankruptcy courts since 1923 and U.S. Supreme Court cases since 1791.

Regulations

Cornell University Law School LII: State Law Listing by Jurisdiction
The Legal Information Institution (LII) of Cornell Law School provides a listing of state law resources, organized alphabetically by state. This resource offers hyperlinks to free resources for state constitutions, statutes, bills, court opinions, court rules, regulations, and other collections of state legal resources.

Law Librarians Society of Washington, D.C.: State Legislatures, State Laws, and State Regulations
The Law Librarians Society of Washington, D.C. has compiled links to state legislature websites, state statutes online, and state regulations online for every state, as well as listed phone numbers for contacting the leaders and law libraries of every state.