Federal Judiciary
There are a total of 94 of these in the federal judiciary
What are district courts?
When it opened in 1905, it was dubbed the “most beautiful building in the West”
What is the Browning Courthouse or San Francisco Post Office and Courthouse?
This is one of the most important legal databases outside Lexis and Westlaw. On it, you can find current and superseded editions of the U.S. Code and CFR, law reviews, classic legal treatises, U.S. Congressional materials, and more.
What is HeinOnline?
The name & number of the volume that follows Fed 3rd volume 999
What is Fed 4th Vol 1?
This event happens every Wednesday and Sunday in San Francisco's Civic Center plaza
What is the Farmers Market? (or Heart of the City Farmers Market)
This is the youngest circuit in the Federal Judiciary, established on Oct. 1, 1982.
What is the Federal Circuit? (or U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit).
A now ubiquitous technology that was still very new in 1905 when the U.S. Post Office and Courthouse first opened in San Francisco.
What is the light bulb?
This online resource includes Video Game Law in a Nutshell.
What is West Academic?
The onus is on you – "Onus probandi" literally means this.
What is Burden of Proof?
This famous fiction writer's subject matter is well informed by the fact that he began his career as an attorney.
Who is John Grisham?
In 1988 the Judicial Conference of the United States approved this service as a new way of opening information to the public.
What is PACER?
This 9th Circuit state has more glaciers than any other state.
What is Washington State?
This is the daily newsletter produced by the librarians of the 9th Circuit.
What is New & Noteworthy? (or N & N?)
After a decision, a party may seek to have the panel or the court rehear a case through this process.
What is en banc?
This useful piece of camping equipment was said to have been invented by Robert Louis Stevenson in his twenties.
What is the sleeping bag?
This 1789 Act Established the Federal Court system.
What is the Judiciary Act?
This 9th Circuit state is the only one where Daylight Savings Time is wholly unobserved.
What is Hawai'i?
This "library" allows you to borrow an ebook version of the Ninth Circuit Criminal Handbook.
What is LexisNexis Digital Library?
The United States Code which regulates Daylight Saving Time is found in this section.
What is 15 U.S.C. § 260a?
This San Francisco nonprofit hosts the Wayback Machine, a tool for viewing website content as it appeared at a point in the past.
What is the Internet Archive?
In 1971, Congress established this role in order to help alleviate chief judges' increasing administrative responsibilities.
What is the Circuit Executive?
This author's books The Tropic of Cancer and the The Tropic of Capricorn were at the center of the 9th Circuit case U.S. v. Two Obscene Books
Who is Henry Miller?
This rule helps you determine when it is time to ask for help from a reference librarian.
What is the 10 minute rule?
The 1917 law under which Edward Snowden was charged in 2013 isn't called the Spying Act but this act
What is the Espionage Act?
The race held in San Francisco each year on the 3rd Sunday in May and now recognized as the longest consecutively run foot race in the world.
What is Bay to Breakers?