Comments on: Connecticut Superior Court Opinions Should Be Freely Available Online

By: LawMan

LawMan — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 23:29:02 +0000

FindLaw has them for free.
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/ct-superior-court/

By: Dan Schwartz

Dan Schwartz — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 13:17:11 +0000

Yes, we have lexis or westlaw, but sometimes I like to browse the cases. And the point is the cases shouldn’t belong to them. In the past, they were useful because it was prohibitively expensive for the state to post and track the cases. It’s not anymore.

I will say that the CT Law Libraries have been doing a good job with their RSS feeds. You can get a feed to the Advanced Released Opinions which is pretty good. Next up, could we ask for a Twitter feed?

By: Matt

Matt — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 13:07:10 +0000

I have Lexis but agree completely. Lexis is a deductible expense for me, for a pro se, or simply a curious citizen, it is quite expensive. In addition, the Judicial Branch could improve the way it posts the Appellate decisions. The advance release opinions are posted, but not the official decisions with citations. While there is some virtue to getting decisions out a week ahead of time, there is no ability to cite to these unformated decisions. Judicial ought to put all of Conn Reports, Conn App & Conn Supp online, either at the Judicial website or at the State Library site.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 16:02:54 +0000

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By: Gideon

Gideon — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 14:29:19 +0000

I like the plugin! It's interesting. As for the Superior Court decision thing: certainly more is better. I'd be more in favor of showing live feeds of the oral arguments in the appellate courts. I know briefs are going online sometime soon. Gideon’s last blog post..To bail or not to bail

By: Ryan

Ryan — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 14:02:57 +0000

I have westlaw.

It is my opinion that the citizens of Connecticut should have the ability to have online free access to superior court decisions.

First, I’m in favor of an open judiciary. Citizens if the so choose should have access to opinions such as the lower court opinion in Kerrigan.

Second, given the importance of the opinions and the rising number of pro se litigants, having the opinions available online at no cost may at least in theory help pro se litigants understand the law.

Third, I want to link to them in blog posts!

The button below the comment box is a plugin that automatically links to the most recent post you made on your blog and displays the title here.

For some reason, it works for you and hasn’t worked for Dan.

I’ve been playing around a lot around here with various plugins and widgets and am trying to see what works and what doesn’t.

By: Gideon

Gideon — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 13:53:09 +0000

You guys don't have lexis or westlaw? Um, Ryan...what the heck is that thing below the comment box? Gideon’s last blog post..To bail or not to bail

By: Dan Schwartz

Dan Schwartz — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 14:50:13 +0000

Couldn’t agree more with you. I was actually thinking about a column for the Tribune on it or SOMETHING to raise this issue further. Its a travesty to have to PAY to view these decisions or see them reprinted in the Reporter or the Tribune.