South Carolina Legal Resources

The advance sheets (or slip opinions) for the SC Supreme Court and SC Court of Appeals decisions from 2000 forward are available through the South Carolina Judicial Department’s website. Advance sheets from 1996 through June, 2009 are located on the first floor of the Law Library.

The Opinion Search link on the South Carolina Judicial Department’s website allows for searching South Carolina appellate court opinions by court, date range, author, trial judge, and full-text.

Opinions available from 1999 to present.

Online access to unpublished opinions from the SC Court of Appeals since 2004 is available through the South Carolina Judicial Department’s website.
1992-2005 publications available on the Law Library first floor.

Opinions available from 1997 to present.

Online access to unpublished opinions of the SC Supreme Court since 2004 is available through the South Carolina Judicial Department’s website.
1992-2005 publications available on the Law Library first floor.

1868-current publications available on the Law Library first floor

1887-current publications available on the law Library first floor.
Collection of cases argued and determined in the courts of Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia.

Find South Carolina state and federal cases decided since 1783 using West’s Topic and Key Number system.
Publications from 1952-present are located on the Law Library first floor.

Find cases reported in the Southeastern Reporters using West’s Topic and Key Number system. For South Carolina cases dating back to 1783, consult the South Carolina and South Eastern Digest.
Publications from 1982-present are located on the Law Library first floor.

This site provides access to information regarding cases filed with the Supreme Court of South Carolina and the South Carolina Court of Appeals. In most cases, the documents associated with an event in the case are available for viewing. The ability to search for and review information contained in the public index is a free public service.

The Law Library has briefs and records for some (but not all) cases decided by the South Carolina Supreme Court and the South Carolina Court of Appeals from 1858 to 2014. These briefs and records are available in print (not online). They are located in bound volumes in the S.C. Briefs & Records section of the Law Library's basement.

Provides streaming video and briefs of cases argued before the South Carolina Supreme Court on the South Carolina Judicial Department’s website.

Validate and identify additional resources that cite South Carolina state court cases and the South Carolina Constitution, Code of Laws, Acts, and Court Rules.
Located on the Law Library first floor.

Provides parallel citations for decisions reported in South Carolina Reports and the Southeastern Reporter 1st and 2nd series.
Located on the Law Library first floor.

Online access is available through the South Carolina Judicial Department’s website.
South Carolina Rules of Court are published in Volume 22A of the Code of Laws of South Carolina 1976 Annotated. It is located on the Law Library first floor.

Online access is available through the SC Federal District Court’s website.
Print copy avialable in the Law Library under call number KFS2329 .A2.

Available in the Law Library under call number KFS2329 .A2.