1.8 million pages of federal case law to become freely available.
- From: J Flenner <varney@[redacted]>
- Subject: 1.8 million pages of federal case law to become freely available.
- Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 10:35:07 -0500
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http://public.resource.org/case_law_announcement.html
November 14, 2007 | public.resource.org | ANNOUNCEMENT
1.8 million pages of federal case law to become freely available.
WASHINGTON, D.C. / SEBASTOPOL, CA -- Public.Resource.Org
<http://public.resource.org/> and Fastcase, Inc.
<http://www.fastcase.com/> 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 all Supreme Court
decisions since 1754. The archive will be public domain and usable by
anyone for any purpose.
"The U.S. judiciary has allowed their entire work product to be locked
up behind a cash register," said Carl Malamud, CEO of
Public.Resource.Org. "Law is the operating system of our society and
today's agreement means anybody can read the source for a substantial
amount of case law that was previously unavailable."
Fastcase, the leading developer of next-generation American legal
research, has agreed to provide Public.Resource.Org with 1.8 million
pages of federal case law. This is a marked departure for the online
legal research industry, which traditionally has charged expensive
subscription fees to access this information.
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