Free repository offers copies of PACER federal court records

By Traver Riggins

Want to see the federal indictment of a mortgage fraudster? You got it. Need the docket for a U.S. appeals court case? It’s yours. All with

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"… ilable via the Internet through Public Access to Electronic Court Records (PACER) system since the early 1990s. But its fee of 8 cents per page is too stee …"

"… ents available for free, Schultze co-founded RECAP, a Firefox plug-in that PACER users can use to automatically donate the court documents they purchase fr …"

"… ers can use to automatically donate the court documents they purchase from PACER into a public repository. RECAP will also alert users when a document they …"

"… RECAP will also alert users when a document they are searching for within PACER is already available in the repository.“It’s true that the cost of run …"