For information about Appellate level caselaw, see the Pennsylvania Cases - Appellate Level guide.
The following member databases provide access to Pennsylvania Trial Level opinions. Members must be logged in to jenkinslaw.org to access these databases. These databases are also available in the library.
Many counties in Pennsylvania publish their own reporters which contain select trial court opinions for that county. HeinOnline and LLMC Digital include select volumes of the county reporters, also known as Side Reports. Coverage varies by county on both databases, and not all Pennsylvania counties are included.
The Pennsylvania County Cases database is exclusive to Jenkins' members and contains over 100,000 trial court opinions from across the Commonwealth dating back to 1970. The opinions in this database are collected and indexed by Jenkins.
Please note that not all opinions will be available via Jenkins' member databases and the other resources in this guide should be consulted. In many cases, the opinion will have to be obtained from the court.
Pennsylvania Side Reports
Available on HeinOnline. Includes the District & County Series through 1963 as well as county reporters from more than 40 individual counties.
From Browse Databases By Name, select State Reports: A Historical Archive > State Reports > Pennsylvania > Pennsylvania Side Reports
Pennsylvania, Side Reports
Available on LLMC Digital. Includes county reporters from more than 40 individual counties.
From within LLMC Digital, select U.S. States and Territories > Pennsylvania > Pennsylvania, Side Reports (alpha order)
Pennsylvania, Judicial
Available on LLMC Digital. Includes Philadelphia Reports (1850-91), Pennsylvania County Court Reports (1886-1921), Pennsylvania District Reports (1892-1921), and Pennsylvania District & County Reports First Series (1922-23).
From within LLMC Digital, select U.S. States and Territories > Pennsylvania > Pennsylvania, Judicial, most used (by date)
For additional information on using LLMC Digital, check out our blog post Finding and Downloading Pennsylvania County Cases on LLMC Digital.
Pennsylvania County Cases
Includes over 100,000 trial court opinions from across the Commonwealth dating back to 1970. The opinions in this database are collected and indexed by Jenkins.