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how to find briefs filed?
Posted: Mon Aug 12, 2019 5:17 pm
by Anonymous User
I need to find all briefs filed by a particular attorney in the Supreme Court. I just want to double check the best way to do this - Westlaw? Or does the Supreme Court have an option to view all filings on their website?
Re: how to find briefs filed?
Posted: Mon Aug 12, 2019 6:42 pm
by hdivschool
Probably Westlaw. The Supreme Court does e-filing now, but the docket only has copies of briefs from the last few years and the search function would only return the names of counsels of record.
Re: how to find briefs filed?
Posted: Mon Aug 12, 2019 7:37 pm
by RaceJudicata
Scotusblog and Bloomberg are also good resources to find briefs. SCOTUSblog is free, but not sure how far back it goes (also not sure of its search functionality, so you’d have to know what cases the lawyer was on).
Bloomberg is great for appellate and district court brief pulling - awesome search functionality that isn’t available on pacer. But I’m not sure if you can find Supreme Court briefs there (I’ve never looked). Bloomberg also free if you are in law school (at least when I was in school it was free.) Otherwise, you just have to pay the pacer fees.
Re: how to find briefs filed?
Posted: Tue Aug 13, 2019 7:45 am
by Halp
RaceJudicata wrote:Scotusblog and Bloomberg are also good resources to find briefs. SCOTUSblog is free, but not sure how far back it goes (also not sure of its search functionality, so you’d have to know what cases the lawyer was on).
Bloomberg is great for appellate and district court brief pulling - awesome search functionality that isn’t available on pacer. But I’m not sure if you can find Supreme Court briefs there (I’ve never looked). Bloomberg also free if you are in law school (at least when I was in school it was free.) Otherwise, you just have to pay the pacer fees.
The pacer fee for that search could be scary if not done right (or if you find the attorney filed a ton of briefs).
Re: how to find briefs filed?
Posted: Tue Aug 13, 2019 9:32 am
by RaceJudicata
Halp wrote:RaceJudicata wrote:Scotusblog and Bloomberg are also good resources to find briefs. SCOTUSblog is free, but not sure how far back it goes (also not sure of its search functionality, so you’d have to know what cases the lawyer was on).
Bloomberg is great for appellate and district court brief pulling - awesome search functionality that isn’t available on pacer. But I’m not sure if you can find Supreme Court briefs there (I’ve never looked). Bloomberg also free if you are in law school (at least when I was in school it was free.) Otherwise, you just have to pay the pacer fees.
The pacer fee for that search could be scary if not done right (or if you find the attorney filed a ton of briefs).
That’s the beauty of Bloomberg — no cost to run the searches. Only pay when you download the briefs (still could add up if there are a lot of briefs).
Re: how to find briefs filed?
Posted: Tue Aug 13, 2019 9:47 am
by Halp
RaceJudicata wrote:Halp wrote:RaceJudicata wrote:Scotusblog and Bloomberg are also good resources to find briefs. SCOTUSblog is free, but not sure how far back it goes (also not sure of its search functionality, so you’d have to know what cases the lawyer was on).
Bloomberg is great for appellate and district court brief pulling - awesome search functionality that isn’t available on pacer. But I’m not sure if you can find Supreme Court briefs there (I’ve never looked). Bloomberg also free if you are in law school (at least when I was in school it was free.) Otherwise, you just have to pay the pacer fees.
The pacer fee for that search could be scary if not done right (or if you find the attorney filed a ton of briefs).
That’s the beauty of Bloomberg — no cost to run the searches. Only pay when you download the briefs (still could add up if there are a lot of briefs).
Ahh, I didn’t remember them not charging you for searches. I would think that would be ungodly expensive for them.
Re: how to find briefs filed?
Posted: Tue Aug 13, 2019 9:56 pm
by swtlilsoni
What about this:
https://www.supremecourt.gov/docket/docket.aspx
Would that be a complete resource?
Re: how to find briefs filed?
Posted: Thu Aug 15, 2019 8:37 am
by The Lsat Airbender
1) why is this anon
2) why didn’t you read the second post in the thread before posting
Re: how to find briefs filed?
Posted: Thu Aug 15, 2019 9:32 am
by notinbiglaw
I used plainsite to search and downloaded them off other sources if necessary.