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Oyez.org is a database
Database

A database is a structured collection of records or data that is stored in a computer system. The structure is achieved by organizing the data according to a database model....
 and comprehensive online guide to the Supreme Court of the United States
Supreme Court of the United States

The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest judicial body in the United States, and leads the federal United States federal courts. It consists of the Chief Justice of the United States and eight Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, who are nominated by the President of the United States and confirmed with th...
. It contains biographical information
Biography

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 of both incumbent and historical justices of the United States Supreme Court, in addition to details of most Supreme Court cases
Legal case

A legal case is a dispute between opposing parties resolved by a court, or by some equivalent legal process. A legal case may be either Civil law or criminal law.There is a defendant and an accuser....
. Notably, the website has original sound files of oral argument
Oral argument

Oral arguments are spoken presentations to a judge or appellate court by a lawyer of the law reasons why they should prevail. Oral argument at the appellate level accompanies written brief s, which also advance the argument of each party in the legal dispute....
s and oral announcements of recent cases.

The website is run by Jerry Goldman, a political science professor
Professor

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 at Northwestern University
Northwestern University

Northwestern University is a non-sectarian private university research university located in Evanston, Illinois and downtown Chicago, Illinois, United States....
.

The site is maintained by the OYEZ Project, and the term OYEZ is a registered trademark.

Government and private support
According to the website, the OYEZ project received technological support from National Science Foundation
National Science Foundation

The National Science Foundation is a United States government agency that supports fundamental research and education in all the non-medical fields of science and engineering....
 and grants from National Endowment for the Humanities
National Endowment for the Humanities

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.






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Oyez.org is a database
Database

A database is a structured collection of records or data that is stored in a computer system. The structure is achieved by organizing the data according to a database model....
 and comprehensive online guide to the Supreme Court of the United States
Supreme Court of the United States

The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest judicial body in the United States, and leads the federal United States federal courts. It consists of the Chief Justice of the United States and eight Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, who are nominated by the President of the United States and confirmed with th...
. It contains biographical information
Biography

A biography is a description of someone's life, usually published in the form of a book or essay, or in some other form, such as a film. An autobiography is a biography by the same person it is about....
 of both incumbent and historical justices of the United States Supreme Court, in addition to details of most Supreme Court cases
Legal case

A legal case is a dispute between opposing parties resolved by a court, or by some equivalent legal process. A legal case may be either Civil law or criminal law.There is a defendant and an accuser....
. Notably, the website has original sound files of oral argument
Oral argument

Oral arguments are spoken presentations to a judge or appellate court by a lawyer of the law reasons why they should prevail. Oral argument at the appellate level accompanies written brief s, which also advance the argument of each party in the legal dispute....
s and oral announcements of recent cases.

The website is run by Jerry Goldman, a political science professor
Professor

The meaning of the word professor varies. In some English-speaking countries, it refers to a senior academic who holds a departmental chair, especially as head of the Academic department, or a personal chair awarded specifically to that individual....
 at Northwestern University
Northwestern University

Northwestern University is a non-sectarian private university research university located in Evanston, Illinois and downtown Chicago, Illinois, United States....
.

The site is maintained by the OYEZ Project, and the term OYEZ is a registered trademark.

Government and private support


According to the website, the OYEZ project received technological support from National Science Foundation
National Science Foundation

The National Science Foundation is a United States government agency that supports fundamental research and education in all the non-medical fields of science and engineering....
 and grants from National Endowment for the Humanities
National Endowment for the Humanities

The National Endowment for the Humanities is an independent federal agency of the United States established by the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 dedicated to supporting research, education, preservation, and public programs in the humanities....
. The project is also supported by various academic institutions such as Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, the legal web portal
Web portal

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 FindLaw
FindLaw

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, and the law firm Mayer Brown, among others.

Recognition


Oyez.org is listed by the Supreme Court as an authentic, although unofficial online source to access the court's information. Oyez.org was featured as "Website of the Week" by The Voice of America
Voice of America

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 on 30 January 2006.

The old version of the Oyez database was awarded the Silver Gavel Award for New Media by American Bar Association
American Bar Association

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 in 1998. Its founder, Jerry Goldman, was given a medal award in 1997 by EDUCAUSE
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.

See also


  • Supreme Court of the United States
    Supreme Court of the United States

    The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest judicial body in the United States, and leads the federal United States federal courts. It consists of the Chief Justice of the United States and eight Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, who are nominated by the President of the United States and confirmed with th...


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