I wrote earlier (An Open PACER) that we don’t need a formalized open alternative to PACER, all we need do is post court documents with appropriate labels, and the search engines become the alternative system. This week I became aware of another case I wanted to follow: Trumpeter Swan Society et al vs. the EPA. […]
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Open Law Journals
I discovered another very open law journal, the Georgetown Law Journal. I found it when following a link from the New York Time’s Mark Bittman to Combating Obesity with a Right to Nutrition, which I immediately snagged for my personal use. I’ve added The Georgetown Law Library to my Open Document Sites sidebar links. Now excuse me […]
I made a request to Fish & Wildlife for a copy of the Have Trunk Will Travel CBW permit. Access the supplied documents, including material from past requests, too. The US Fish & Wildlife Service is responsible for enforcing the Endangered Species Act. As part of this Act, an individual or organization that wants to use […]
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An Open PACER
The costs associated with PACER has been an issue for some time. The late Aaron Swartz once downloaded 20% of the database (a figure later corrected to less than 1%) before the government shut down the server. Aaron did so because he believe that we should have access to the documents on PACER, and I agree with him, […]
Publishing single court documents is easy: just incorporate a link into a post. However, I wanted a better approach for those cases where I had several court documents. I decided to take a copy of the PACER docket, and then replace the links with those for a local document. People can then access the documents […]