Thanks to Legal Dockets Online for alerting me to the PACER recycling center, run by the folks at Public.Resource.org. Basically, this gathers “recycled” court filings donated by people who have paid to access them via …
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Wisconsin Sentencing Commission to be Eliminated
I ran across this announcement today on the Wisconsin Sentencing Commission Web site: The Wisconsin Sentencing Commission and its statutory provisions under
PACER US Party Case Index Includes All Federal District & Bankruptcy Courts
Legal Dockets Online Blog reports that the PACER U.S. Party Case Index now includes all Federal District and Bankruptcy Courts. It does not, however, include the following courts: U.S. COURT OF APPEALS, SECOND CIRCUIT U.S. …
Blogs Cited in Change of Venue Arguement
In what is believed to be a first, a defense attorney in Tennessee is arguing for a change of venue citing blog posts along with newspaper and television reporting. According to Law.com: Attorney Philip Lomonaco …
Simplified Small Claims Forms
The Wisconsin State Court system has recently introduced new, more-user-friendly forms designed for people who are representing themselves in small claims actions. The forms are accompanied by plain-English instructions and are available both on the …
Minnesota's Answer to CCAP – Statewide Electronic Case Records
Minnesota has recently introduced a statewide electronic case records service called MPA Remote, which is short for Minnesota Trial Court Public Access Remote view. Similar to Wisconsin’s CCAP system, MPA Remote displays trial court case …
Public.Resource.Org & Fastcase Partner to Offer Free Archive of Federal Case Law
From the press release: Public.Resource.Org and Fastcase, Inc. announced today that they will release a large and free archive of federal case law, including all Courts of Appeals decisions from 1950 to the present and …
La Crosse Tribune Looks at Plea Agreements
The La Crosse Tribune is running a series of articles on plea agreements – “how plea agreements are forged, why they have become a fixture in the courts and what they bring to our legal …
PACER Free at Some Libraries
In a two year pilot project, free public access to federal court records via PACER has been made available at 16 libraries in 14 states under a joint pilot project of the Administrative Office of …
Cocaine Sentencing Guidelines Changed
From the Christian Science Monitor: This week the US Sentencing Commission, with little fanfare, officially reduced its recommended sentences for crack-related offenses. The commission announced last spring that it intended to make the change, and …