Open Case Law Google Group

Re: [open-case-law] Re: PACER / RECAP

2009-08-15T05:59:27Z

Not currently. We are being very conservative about what is
browseable/searchable outside of the PACER interface. We set it up
this way because of ongoing privacy concerns related to attorneys who
failed to redact personal information. We are working on (better)
auto-detection mechanisms, and as we get more comfortable with those

Re: PACER / RECAP

2009-08-15T04:04:56Z

Hi,

This is a great tool! I haven't read all your and CITP blog posts,
but here's my questions:

Is there a link to browsing the mirror directly without going through
PACER?

Does the plugin also download the docket overview, aside from the
actual filings? (I've only used Westlaw or Lexis docket search, so I

Re: [open-case-law] PACER / RECAP

2009-08-14T22:17:42Z

I'm one of the primary folks on the project. Happy to answer any
questions and to find ways to incorporate the efforts of others.

PACER / RECAP

2009-08-14T21:34:39Z

Came across this Wired article ([link]
news/2009/08/recap-firefox-ext ension-builds-crowdsourced-pac er-
mirror.ars) that describes a Firefox plugin developed at Princeton's
Center for Information Technology Policy, which automatically creates
a free PACER mirror at Internet Archive as people use PACER.

FYI - Improve PACER - petition

2009-06-17T19:33:09Z

(posted on FGI: [link])
Folks,
We crafted a very short petition directed at the Administrative Office of
the US Courts to improve PACER.
The petition is online here: [link].
It reads:
We ask the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts to improve PACER by

Tiny victory

2009-06-10T14:22:07Z

I just had this nice exchange with the editor of the Uniform Maine
Citations, and I thought it was a good example of how some small
changes can be really easy. Sent an email last night, problem likely
addressed when I came to work this morning. Cool!

Professor Wanderer,

I'm a new lawyer, just started working in Maine and just started

Re: content types of files

2009-06-05T15:07:34Z

I don't know, but it's less than 1%.
-Stuart

Re: content types of files

2009-06-04T18:24:16Z

What percent of all the docs are scanned?

Re: content types of files

2009-06-04T17:18:10Z

*Almost* all of them are not scanned.

-Stuart,
altlaw.org

Re: [open-case-law] content types of files

2009-06-03T17:35:20Z

I think all have embedded text. If the didn't they wouldn't make it
into the altlaw index b/c, afaik, we don't perform any additional ocr.

dana

content types of files

2009-06-03T16:34:57Z

From a quick look at the files at bulk altlaw, none of the pdf's are
scanned,
but are actual pdf's that can be read with a program to index them.

Is this correct? Overall, I want to know if any of the files in the
collection
are scanned images instead of machine readable, without resorting to

Judicial Pay and PACER Sales Commissions

2009-01-20T20:33:07Z

To the Group.
Among the many topics that have been much discussed in the news of
late is the question of judicial salaries. Indeed, the Chief Justice
himself devoted much of the 2008 annual report to this subject,
imploring the other branches to grant equity in pay for all judges
lest there be judges no more.[1] In the New York Times today, the

Federal Judicial Center

2008-12-21T00:56:54Z

Greetings and Happy Holidays!

We've released some more information from the Federal Judicial
Center. In addition to cleaning up the scribd archive, we've added a
bunch of video:

[link]

Some highlights include:

1. A 3-part judicial master class on financial document investigation.

Re: bulk.altlaw.org

2008-11-08T16:57:22Z

mirror available here: [link]

Thanks!

bulk.altlaw.org

2008-11-08T16:29:02Z

Hi folks,
Announcing... my copy-cat of bulk.resource.org, creatively named:

[link]

This is an experiment to see if anyone's interested. Right now, it's
got the collections of PDF/HTML/WordPerfect files we downloaded from
the appeals courts. In the coming weeks, I'll add data dumps from our