Docket

Every case has its own docket: think of it as the case's table of contents. Anyone can usually look up a case docket through the court's online system (most courts now publish them on the web), and it's the fastest way to see the current status of a case: what's been filed, what hearings are scheduled, what orders the judge has entered.

In conversation, "the docket" can also refer to the bigger calendar: "the judge's docket today" means the full list of cases the judge will hear that day.