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Sarah G. Mulligan Research Librarian Faegre Baker Daniels, LLP April 2012
Agenda
PACER Federal dockets and court filings Public Access to Court Records Minnesota dockets and court filings MNCIS MN Court Information System MACS - MN Appellate Court Searching State Law Library Opinions & Briefs Hennepin County Law Library - Briefs
PACER
= Public Access to Court Electronic Records Contains federal court records, including dockets and filings Federal District Courts, Bankruptcy Courts, U.S. Courts of Appeals, Judicial Panel on MDL and Court of Federal Claims
PACER
Cost - $.10/page, capped at $2.60/doc Searches = $.10, including clicking new screens Firms may have one shared password or individual passwords for attorneys Firms may charge search costs to clients
PACER
Search options:
Party Name Docket Number Nature of Suit Cause of Action Limit by date SSN or Tax ID (in bankruptcy filings)
PACER Docket
Benefits of PACER
Cost lower cost than West/Lexis for looking at dockets Most court documents not on West/Lexis
Note: Lexis Courtlink does have court documents
Limitations of PACER
No reporter citations Oldest electronic filings go back to about 2001 Bankruptcy courts were last online some only go back to 2006 Older filings only available from the court or National Archives & Records Administration Searching is limited
Searching MNCIS
http://pa.courts.state.mn.us/default.aspx Basic search functions Party Case Attorney Limit by date or status (open/closed)
MACS Searching
Basic search functions
Participant name Case number A-112097 beware the hyphen!
Filters available
Date, status, jurisdiction, case group, case type or case subtype
Any questions?
Thanks! And thanks to Abby Walters, Maslon Edelman Borman & Brand, who presented last year and structured the original presentation and slides.