Research Guides: Nebraska Public Library Toolkit: Accessing Nebraska Court Rules, Jury Instructions, Opinions, and Briefs

Nebraska State Court Opinions

Nebraska Supreme Court Opinions
Nebraska Supreme Court opinions can be found in Nebraska Reports and the North Western Reporter. Official judicial opinions of the Nebraska Supreme Court are no longer being printed. Beginning with volume 275 of the Nebraska Reports, official opinions will only be available in online format.
Nebraska Court of Appeals Opinions
Nebraska Court of Appeals opinions can be found in Nebraska Appellate Reports and the North Western Reporter. Official judicial opinions of the Nebraska Court of Appeals are no longer being printed. Beginning with volume 16 of the Nebraska Appellate Reports, official opinions will only be available in online format.
Recent Nebraska Supreme Court Opinions
Opinions are available on this website for 90 days.
Recent Nebraska Court of Appeals Opinions
Opinions are available on this website for 90 days.

Nebraska Digest and North Western Digest can be used to find Nebraska court opinions.

Nebraska Court Rules

Nebraska Court Rules
The State of Nebraska Judicial Branch Web site provides access to the Nebraska Supreme Court Rules.

Nebraska Court Rules and Procedure-State and Nebraska Court Rules and Procedure-Federal are printed annually by Thomson Reuters.

Nebraska Jury Instructions

Nebraska Jury Instructions, 2nd ed. contains both the criminal and civil jury instructions for Nebraska. This one volume book is published by Thomson Reuters.

Briefs for Nebraska Supreme Court and Court of Appeals Cases

Contact any of the law libraries listed under the "Nebraska Law Libraries" tab to obtain information about Nebraska briefs.