United States Reports

Search by Court Term

These examples will search for content from the court term 1886.

• Using Basic Search, enter: collection:usreports and courtTerm:1886
• Using Advanced Search
• Select United States Reports under Refine by Collection, then under Search In selectCourt Term in the first drop-down box and select 1886 in the second drop-down box.

Search for keyword by United States Reports Volume Number

These examples will search United States Reports Volume Number 119 for the keyword river.

• Using Basic Search, enter: river and collection:usreports and volume:119
• Using Advanced Search,
• Select United States Reports under Refine by Collection, then under Search In select Volume Number in the first drop-down box and select 119 in the second drop-down box.
• Click + Additional Criteria and enter river in the next box.

Search by Reporter Volume Number

These examples will search for Reporter Volume Number 20 Wall.

• Using Basic Search, enter: collection:usreports reportervolume:(20 Wall.)
• Using Advanced Search, Select United States Reports under Refine by Collection, then under Search In select Reporter Volume Number in the first drop-down box and select 20 Wall. in the second drop-down box.

Search by Authoring Justice

These examples will search for cases with William Cushing as the authoring justice.

• Using Basic Search, enter: collection:usreports and authoringjustic:"William Cushing"
• Using Advanced Search, select United States Reports under Refine by Collection, then under Search In select Authoring Justice in the first drop-down box and select William Cushing in the second drop-down box.

Search by Subject

These examples will search for the subject due process.

• Using Basic Search, enter: collection:usreports and subject:due process
• Using Advanced Search, select United States Reports under Refine by Collection, then under Search In select Subject. In the next box, enter due process and click the Search button.

Search by Citation

These examples will search for 87 U.S. 414.

• Using Basic Search, enter citation:(87 U.S. 414)
• Using Advanced Search, select United States Reports under Refine by Collection, then under Search In select Citation in the first box and enter 87 U.S. 414 in the second box.
• Using Citation Search, select United States Reports from the Select a Collection box, select U.S. Reports Citation, then select 87 from the Select Volume Number box, and enter 414 in the next box.

Search for a Full United States Reports Volume

Below provides guidance for searching for a full United States Reports Volume.

• Using Advanced Search,
• Select United States Reports under Refine by Collection
• Then under Search In select Full U.S. Reports Volume in the first box and select yes in the second box.
• Click on the search button.
• In the search widget, click on the Search tab on the left tab.
• The top of your search results should now display your advanced search query in the search box and a check box, Search Within Results, should display.
• Check the box next to Search Within Results.
• Enter your keyword or field operators and conduct a search across ONLY full U.S. Reports volumes.

Search by Case Origin (Using MODs Descriptive Metadata)

This example will search for a report with a case origin from the state of Kentucky.

• Using Basic Search, enter: mods:caseOrigin:@state:Kentucky

Search by a Case Docket ID Number (Using MODs Descriptive Metadata)

This example will search for a case with Docket ID of 1877-075-01.

• Using Basic Search, enter:
  mods:docketid:1877-075-01

Search by Case Disposition (Using MODs Descriptive Metadata)

This example will search for a report with a case disposition of affirmed (includes modified).

• Using Basic Search, enter: mods:disposition:"affirmed (includes modified)"

Search by Winning Party (Using MODs Descriptive Metadata)

This example will search for a case where there was no apparent, favorable disposition for the petitioning party.

• Using Basic Search, enter:
  mods:partyWinning:"no favorable disposition for petitioning party apparent"

Search by Jurisdiction (Using MODs Descriptive Metadata)

This example will search for a report with an appellate jurisdiction.

• Using Basic Search, enter: mods:jurisdiction:appeal

Search by Decision Type (Using MODs Descriptive Metadata)

This example will search for an orally argued opinion.

• Using Basic Search, enter:
  mods:decisiontype:"opinion of the court (orally argued)"

Package ID - Full Volume

USREPORTS-{Volume Number}

USREPORTS-87

Granule ID

Front Matter:

{Package ID}-FrontMatter-Pg-{Page Number}

Other Granules:

{Package ID}-{Volume Number}-{Report Number}

Back Matter:

{Package ID}-BackMatter-Pg-{Page Number}

Front Matter:

USREPORTS-87-FrontMatter-8

Other Granules:

USREPORTS-87-414

Back Matter:

USREPORTS-87-BackMatter-4

Collection

The collection to which the document belongs. Typically the same as the publication or series.

collection:

collection:usreports

Government Author

The names of the Government organizations responsible for authoring or assembling the document.

governmentauthor:

governmentauthor:"United States Supreme Court"

Publication Date

The date the document was first made available to the public.

publishdate:

publishdate:1901-05-27

publishdate:1901

Date format is YYYY, YYYY-MM, or YYYY-MM-DD, or YYYY

Language

The language code of the original document, from the ISO639-2b standard.

language:

language:eng

ILS System ID

The 9-digit integer number for the record of the publication in GPO's Integrated Library System, the Catalog of Government Publications (CGP).

ilsid:

ilsid:000641007

SuDoc Class Number

The SuDoc class number from the U.S. Superintendent of Documents which classifies Government publications by publishing agency.

sudocclass:

sudocclass:"JU 6.8/1:195"

Note: The SuDoc Class Numbers in GovInfo are typically at the class stem level, not the book number level.

Ingestion Date

The date the document was ingested into the preservation repository.

ingestdate:

ingestdate:2025-07-30

Note: Date format is YYYY-MM-DD or YYYY

Electronic Location (URL)

The URL where the document or content detail page is located.

url:

url:"/app/details/USREPORTS-182/USREPORTS-182-1"

Publisher

The government organization who publishes the document or publication.

publisher:

publisher:"Banks Law Publishing Co."

Branch

The branch of Government responsible for the document's contents.

branch:

branch:Judicial

Possible values: Executive, Legislative, Judicial

Type of Resource

The media type for the document, typically "text". Defined as part of the Library of Congress MODS standard.

typeofresource:

typeofresource:text

Record Origin

How the record was originally generated.

recordorigin:

recordorigin:"machine generated"

Document Class

The type of United States Reports document.

docclass:

docclass:usreports

Citation

The GPO citation for United States Reports documents. Note that the "citation" field searches for the document itself. It does *not* locate references to the document from other documents.

citation:

citation:"225 U.S. 302"

Citation Reference

Citations referenced within the United States Reports collection. It does *not* locate references to the reports from other documents.

refcitation:

refcitation:"195 U.S. 1"

Title

The title of the publication.

title:

title:"Stovall v. Banks"

title:"Cases argued and adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States, December terms, 1869 and 1870"

Category

The category to which the collection belongs.

category:

category:"judicial publications"

Decision Date

The date the United States Report opinion was decided.

decisiondate:"YYYY-MM-DD"

decisiondate:YYYY

decisiondate:"1901-05-27"

decisiondate:1901

Party

The value for a party name within a document of the United States Reports.

party:

party:state or party:maryland

Petitioner

The value for a petitioner name within a document of the United States Reports.

petitioner:

petitioner:state

Respondent

The value for a respondent name within a document of the United States Reports.

respondent:

respondent:"business, corporation"

Organization

The value for an organization name within a document of the United States Reports.

organization:

organization:maryland

United States Reports Volume Number

The United States Reports volume number, e.g. "9".

volume:

volume:9

volume:201

Reporter Volume

The reporter number associated with the United States Reports document.

reportervolume:

reportervolume:5

Reporter

The reporter for this document.

reporter:

reporter:cranch

reporter:"Charles Henry Butler"

Volume Term

The volume term for the document.

volumeterm:

volumeterm:1900-1901

Court Term

The court term in which this document was issued.

courtterm:

courtterm:1902

Subject

The topic or geographic subject associated with the document.

subjecttopic: or subject:

subjecttopic:turnpikes or subject:turnpikes

Chief Justice

The Chief Justice name(s) associated with the document.

chiefjustice:

chiefjustice:Fuller

chiefjustice:"Melville Weston Fuller"

Authoring Justice

The authoring Justice name(s) associated with the document..

authoringjustice:

authoringjustice:"Joseph McKenna"

authoringjustice:McKenna