court records
Case file archives
Court records are the official documents produced and maintained by courts during legal proceedings.
These include case filings, motions, judgments, transcripts, and evidence submitted during trials.
Most court records are public documents, accessible to anyone who requests them: The journalist dug through court records to find details of the settlement.
Some records—especially those involving minors, sealed cases, or sensitive matters—remain confidential.
- case filesOrganized investigation documents
- legal documentsFormal binding written records
- transcriptsWritten versions of speech
- motionsActions or formal proposals
- rulingsAuthoritative decisions on matters
depositions · filing · case number · appeals · freedom of information · affidavits · judgments · dockets · paper trail · sentencing · criminal history · exhibits · FOIA requests · genealogy research · family history · pleadings · legal precedents · verdicts
- court recordscase files, case file, sworn testimony, filing date, trial transcript
- legal systemattorney, landmark cases, criminal cases, lawyers, legal precedents
- courthousejudge, bailiff, clerk, courtroom, jury
- historical documentsDeclaration of Independence, Bill of Rights, Magna Carta, Emancipation Proclamation, Federalist Papers
- historical recordsdiary, census record, annual reviews, letter, census data
- public informationnews, weather, census data, crime statistics, government reports
court recordssealed records
Legally restricted official documents
private correspondence · classified documents · personal letters · medical records · personal journals
court recordsprivate correspondence
Confidential written communication
personal letters · text messages · diary entries · oral tradition · hearsay