The following are good places "to start".  Try using the hyper-links on the "home page" of the library web-site for "almanacs", "encyclopedias", "Palm Springs Public Library" (databases) etc.

If you are using a "google search", make it a power search by using the following techniques:

wade + roe                or                 wade AND roe

 

 

"Milestone Cases in Supreme Court History".
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0101289.html 

 

http://www.landmarkcases.org/

Teacher resource.

 

"The 1000 Cases Most Cited by the Court Itself"
This is an interesting list of court cases that you might use for a "power search" mentioned above. 

 

http://www.findlaw.com/casecode/supreme.html
Searchable database of Supreme Court decisions.

 

http://www.oyez.org/oyez/frontpage
The Oyez Project:  Searchable database of court cases in American history.

 

http://www.supremecourtus.gov
The Supreme Court of the United States:  Contains information on the Supreme Court including biographies of the justices, the role of the court, and information on current court ases.  Not a source of historical court cases, but could be useful for background information on the judieciary.

 

http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/
Supreme Court Collection:  Legal Information Institute
From this link you can access historical court cases by topic.  You can click on the word 'search' to access links to court cases in alphabetical order or using key words. 

 

 

http://www.mury.k12.ut.us/mhs/apus/handouts/supremecourtcases.htm>
It's called "Supreme Court Cases" and was developed to
help with AP US history review.

 

http://www.socialstudieshelp.com/CourtCases.htm
LIST:  "Historic Supreme Court Cases."

 

http://www.findlaw.com/casecode/constitution/ 
Annotated version of the US Constitution. By
clicking on a particular article or amendment you can
see what cases have arisen from that section.