One of the major problems with district court ops that are online free on the
court's site is that they are VERY selective. It's up to each judge to forward
ops to the webmaster. I've done seminars in about 17 states and I am usually
underwhelmed by the scope of each of the state's federal district court sites.
For a pretty good district court ops site, see
http://www.nysd.uscourts.gov/courtweb/public.htm---it links to a variety of
unrelated courts' ops.
Carole
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How to Use the Internet For Legal & Investigative Research, IFL Press 2005
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Rick.McKinney@frb.gov wrote:
> Robert, et. al.
>
> According to Findlaw's descriptive listing
> (http://www.findlaw.com/10fedgov/judicial/district_courts.html) some 35
> U.S. District Courts out of 94 provide access to at least some of their
> opinions without going through PACER. Some U.S. district courts that do
> provide access may provide a search mechanism but not a direct link. I
> think, however, that the number of courts providing access is growing.
>
> Rick McKinney
> Assistant Law Librarian
> Federal Reserve Board
> Washington, DC 20551
> rick.mckinney@frb.gov
>
>
> "Jacoby, Robert
> Andrew"
> <rjacoby@UTNet.UT To
> oledo.Edu> <law-lib@ucdavis.edu>
> Sent by: cc
> owner-law-lib@ucd
> avis.edu Subject
> Pacer and District Court Opinions
>
> 05/11/2005 09:36
> AM
>
>
>
>
> I have a professor who, as part of his blog
> http://religionclause.blogspot.com/ wants to be able to link to new federal
> district court opinions. The problem is that it seems the only way to get
> them is through PACER, although the opinions used to be available for free
> on the courts' websites. He wants to know the history of when and why the
> courts went over to PACER, and, if possible, any sites that have current
> federal district court opinions up that are available for linking. Court
> of Appeals and Supreme Court opinions are not a problem here, only District
> Court Opinions.
>
> I haven't been able to find too much via the law-lib archive, or LL
> Journal. Is there anyplace else I should be looking? (I must admit to not
> having paid too much attention to this issue before.)
>
> Thanks,
> Robert
>
> Robert Jacoby
> Reference/Electronic Services Librarian
> LaValley Law Library
> University of Toledo
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