Researchers can use Westlaw, Lexis, Bloomberg Law, HeinOnline, FastCase, Justia, Oyez, FindLaw, Google Scholar, and many other online resources to find relevant case law.

Westlaw Energy & Environment Cases

This is a helpful database for state and federal environmental law cases. Researchers can use the Advanced Search feature to find groundwater cases or any other topic they may need.

• Westlaw Precision > Cases > Cases by Topic > Energy & Environment 

Case Law Index Water Law

While not specific to groundwater law, the National Agricultural Law Center has an index of federal water law cases. Researchers can use this to search for groundwater-specific cases. 

Researchers can use the links listed under Federal Resources in addition to the Oklahoma States Court Network (OSCN) and the Oklahoma Supreme Court to find Oklahoma cases.

Oklahoma Cases Research Guide 

Use this guide by the University of Oklahoma College of Law to find free and subscription print and online resources for finding Oklahoma case law.

• Online Resources - helpful for identifying Oklahoma's official publisher and other online accessible sources for published court decisions
• Print Publications - learn more about West's Pacific Reporter and West's Oklahoma Decisions

Recent Case Decisions, 8 Oil & Gas, Nat. Resources & Energy J. 693 (2023)

• See Water at 704

Recent Case Decisions, 6 Oil & Gas, Nat. Resources & Energy J. 335 (2020)

• See Water at 340 (note: this includes both state and federal cases related to water law)

Recent Case Decisions, 4 Oil & Gas, Nat. Resources & Energy J. 675 (2019)

• See Selected Water Decisions at 685

Westlaw

Oklahoma Water Res. Bd. v. Texas Cnty. Irr. & Water Res. Ass'n, Inc., 1984 OK 96, 711 P.2d 38

Ricks Expl. Co. v. Oklahoma Water Res. Bd., 1984 OK 73, 695 P.2d 498

Kline v. State, ex rel. Oklahoma Water Res. Bd., 1988 OK 18, 759 P.2d 210

Justia

Franco-American Charolaise, Ltd. v. Oklahoma Water Resources Bd., 1990 OK 44 855 P.2d 568

Unit Petroleum Co. v. Oklahoma Water Resources Bd., 1995 OK 73 898 P.2d 1275

Researchers can use the links listed under Federal Resources in addition to the Texas Supreme Court Case Search and the Caselaw Access Project.

Researching Texas Law: Cases 

This research guide by the Texas A&M University School of Law discusses the Texas court structure and how to find Texas cases.

Texas Resources: Cases & Courts

This is a research guide by the Georgetown Law Library that provides Texas-specific case databases and State websites.

Texas Groundwater Cases

This helpful publication by the Texas Water Resources Institute delves into landmark groundwater cases throughout the state from 1904 to 2008.