Free Legal Research: Florida Case Law

FindLaw provides case law from the Florida District Court of Appeal with text, party name, and docket number searching. Free and easy to use.

This is FindLaw's search page for Florida Supreme Court cases.

Google Scholar provides access to thousands of full-text Florida court cases. The Scholar search runs just like the search engine so you can search by keywords and phrases. To narrow your results to include only Florida cases, use the "Select Courts" option.

This free website provides case law from all over the U.S., but searches can be narrowed down to include only Florida cases using the Advanced Search option.

Each court in Florida has its own website and many publish their court opinions online. This central webpage links to the different individual court websites. Cases can only be located by specific docket number and date, so this is tool is only recommnded if you have a specific case you are looking for.