Case-law access map · checked November 7, 2026
Mississippi: where to read court opinions for free
Free and searchable from 1818 to today (CourtListener from 1859; Caselaw Access Project to 2019).
Appeals courts: free and searchable from 1818 to today (CourtListener from 1995; Caselaw Access Project to 2019).
As we read the highest court's own website and the free indexes on November 7, 2026. CourtListener's years come from its public bulk files (snapshot of Sep 30, 2026). The table has each court and source.
Not legal advice. Check the court's own website before relying on any listing.
Courts and sources
Each line is one court read from one source. Years are the span that source lists; “inferred” means taken from a description of the site, not from the site itself. A site that refused our automated check may still open in a browser.
| Court | Level | Source | Years | Text search | Access |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi Supreme Court | Highest court | courts.ms.gov | from 1996 | No | Only partly readable in our check |
| Mississippi Supreme Court | Highest court | CourtListener evidence | 1859–2026 | Yes | Opened in our check50,059 opinions in CourtListener's public bulk files (snapshot of Sep 30, 2026); newest Sep 10, 2026; 12,050 with approximate dates. |
| Court of Appeals of Mississippi | Appeals | CourtListener evidence | 1995–2026 | Yes | Opened in our check14,498 opinions in CourtListener's public bulk files (snapshot of Sep 30, 2026); newest Sep 29, 2026; 2,259 with approximate dates. |
| Mississippi Court of Appeals | Appeals | courts.ms.gov | from 1996 | No | Only partly readable in our check |
| Mississippi - all reported decisions in CAP reporters | Other | Caselaw Access Project (Harvard) evidence | 1818–2019 | No | Opened in our check |
| Mississippi - state appellate and supreme courts (published opinions) | Other | Google Scholar | from 1950 | Yes | Opened in our check |
Where else to look
- CourtListener: Lists 2 Mississippi courts.
- Caselaw Access Project (Harvard): Holds published opinions from 1818 to 2019.
- Google Scholar: Its help page says its case law covers state appellate and supreme courts since 1950.
- courts.ms.gov: Official court website.
- Justia: Also publishes opinions; we did not check it state by state.
Known gaps
- Only part of Mississippi Supreme Court's website could be read in our check, so its years and text search are not fully measured.
- We found no search of opinion text on Mississippi Supreme Court's website, only lists or lookup by name, number or date.
- Some of this state's court websites load their opinion lists with scripts. Our automated check could not read them, so their years and search are not measured. A person using a browser can.
- The Caselaw Access Project holds published opinions only through 2019.
- Our survey lists no free statewide source of trial-court opinions for this state.
Corpus
Corpus holds the statutes, not the opinions
For the law itself, Corpus searches Mississippi statutes, and each result cites its section and links the source.
Data: Corpus Open (open source). CourtListener bulk data (public domain), snapshot Sep 30, 2026.
Read by Corpus on November 7, 2026. Sites change; check the court’s own website before relying on a line.
Not legal advice. Check the court's own website before relying on any listing. Corpus is not a law firm.