Patterico's Pontifications

11/15/2007

1.8 million pages of federal case law to become freely available.

Filed under: Law — Justin Levine @ 4:09 pm



[posted by Justin Levine]

Sweet. This is the way it should be in an open society.

h/t: Boing-boing.

9 Responses to “1.8 million pages of federal case law to become freely available.”

  1. Sorry WestLaw and Lexis, but Amen.

    DRJ (8b9d41) — 11/15/2007 @ 4:19 pm

  2. What was that thud?

    Oh, the CEO of Westlaw out of his boardroom window. Sorry, pal.

    See Dubya (d4aa96) — 11/15/2007 @ 4:37 pm

  3. Will they have page numbers?

    dave (30198f) — 11/15/2007 @ 4:59 pm

  4. Good point, dave. What about the citation system?

    nk (09a321) — 11/15/2007 @ 5:18 pm

  5. Frankly, I don’t think 1.8 million pages is nearly as much as people think it is going to be.

    WLS (bafbcb) — 11/15/2007 @ 6:37 pm

  6. The link says it’s “all Courts of Appeals decisions from 1950 to the present and all Supreme Court decisions since 1754.” It’s a start.

    DRJ (9578af) — 11/15/2007 @ 6:57 pm

  7. All Supreme Court decisions since 1754?

    nk (09a321) — 11/15/2007 @ 8:18 pm

  8. I know. Good luck with that one. My guess is they meant 1954 but 1754 sounds so much more impressive … and psychic.

    DRJ (9578af) — 11/15/2007 @ 8:56 pm

  9. I have always suspected that the American Revolution was a fable and that we have been ruled by the Illuminati since the time of Elizabeth I. Boy, is this guy going to be in a lot of trouble for letting the cat out of the bag.

    nk (09a321) — 11/15/2007 @ 9:16 pm


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