Tag: Dockets

  • Perla Makes a Point on PACER

    Few things have raised such hue and cry in our industry this year as the announcement that PACER was going to be without certain courts’ materials.  The concern expressed by law librarians and legal researchers clogged newsfeeds for weeks and made its way – all the way – into the halls of politics.  Yet while…

  • Quickly Check the Availability of State Court Electronic Docket and Document Access With CourtReference.com

    Quickly Check the Availability of State Court Electronic Docket and Document Access With CourtReference.com

    Though I have detailed its flaws, PACER’s existence as the centralized interface containing electronic access to Federal court dockets and documents makes our jobs as law librarians much easier. State courts, on the other hand, are the wild west of electronic docket and document access.

  • The Perils of PACER

    Anyone involved in legal research is more than familiar with PACER (the name, an acronym, stands for: Public Access to Court Electronic Records). Before we delve into the glaring weaknesses and errors of PACER, let’s just step back and give thanks that there is a way for users to access docket and documents filed in…