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Is there a free or paid service that has this type of data and a api for accessing it?

MWil 13y ago
There's CourtListener and I'm sure several others. http://freelawproject.org/ http://freelawproject.org/ I'm building a product and API that would take advantage of the whole collection but it's not ready for primetime yet.
- WaterSponge 13y ago
  Thanks... I ask because I wonder if law firms do any data analysis for all court opinions(Sentiment Analysis), judges, attorneys and outcomes. Also if states have data warehouses to review the application of laws local and federal.
  - MWil 13y ago
    If they do, it's not common knowledge and they're being greedy! But that's the kind of thing I'm working on and I'm sure others are as well.
  - jacobheller 13y ago
    A startup, Lex Machina (https://lexmachina.com/ https://lexmachina.com/), does much of this stuff and sells it to law firms. My understanding is that they've been quite successful.
  - anseljh 13y ago
    The Administrative Office of the US Courts and the Federal Judicial Center collect and publish some statistics, but they're pretty basic. For example, they collect "case type" as a single field with a single value. Most cases have more than one kind of claim, so this is incredibly under-inclusive. Also there aren't codes for lots of kinds of cases. http://www.uscourts.gov/FederalCourts/UnderstandingtheFederalCourts/AdministrativeOffice.aspx http://www.uscourts.gov/FederalCourts/UnderstandingtheFedera... http://www.fjc.gov/ http://www.fjc.gov/ States are a grab bag but generally statistics poor.
  - thinkcomp 13y ago
    They don't, but Judicata does (http://www.judicata.com http://www.judicata.com). I don't think their product has been released yet.
  - tibbon 13y ago
    Robot, Robot & Hwang: http://www.robotandhwang.com/ http://www.robotandhwang.com/
  - pseingatl 13y ago
    Some jurisdictions have something called, by various names, the "Jury Verdict Reporter". If you see people in the Clerk's office (not federal) with laptops, they are copying information off of the case dockets. First instance state tribunals (however they are called) rarely publish their decisions. Some federal district court opinions are published.
- anseljh 13y ago
  CourtListener already has an API: https://www.courtlistener.com/api/ https://www.courtlistener.com/api/
thinkcomp 13y ago
http://www.plainsite.org http://www.plainsite.org The API hasn't really been tested much. http://www.plainsite.org/api http://www.plainsite.org/api Feedback welcome.
- esbranson 13y ago
  Are there plans for state law for other states besides California and Virginia?
  - thinkcomp 13y ago
    Only if someone decides to contribute--we're working on other kinds of data. You should check out The State Decoded, however, at http://www.statedecoded.com http://www.statedecoded.com. The State Decoded takes a more Jeffersonian approach (appropriately perhaps, given that it's based in VA), allowing citizens to code up their own state statutes. PlainSite in contrast is more Hamiltonian: centralized and standardized. There are advantages and disadvantages to each approach.

MWil 13y ago

There's CourtListener and I'm sure several others. http://freelawproject.org/ http://freelawproject.org/ I'm building a product and API that would take advantage of the whole collection but it's not ready for primetime yet.

WaterSponge 13y ago
Thanks... I ask because I wonder if law firms do any data analysis for all court opinions(Sentiment Analysis), judges, attorneys and outcomes. Also if states have data warehouses to review the application of laws local and federal.
- MWil 13y ago
  If they do, it's not common knowledge and they're being greedy! But that's the kind of thing I'm working on and I'm sure others are as well.
- jacobheller 13y ago
  A startup, Lex Machina (https://lexmachina.com/ https://lexmachina.com/), does much of this stuff and sells it to law firms. My understanding is that they've been quite successful.
- anseljh 13y ago
  The Administrative Office of the US Courts and the Federal Judicial Center collect and publish some statistics, but they're pretty basic. For example, they collect "case type" as a single field with a single value. Most cases have more than one kind of claim, so this is incredibly under-inclusive. Also there aren't codes for lots of kinds of cases. http://www.uscourts.gov/FederalCourts/UnderstandingtheFederalCourts/AdministrativeOffice.aspx http://www.uscourts.gov/FederalCourts/UnderstandingtheFedera... http://www.fjc.gov/ http://www.fjc.gov/ States are a grab bag but generally statistics poor.
- thinkcomp 13y ago
  They don't, but Judicata does (http://www.judicata.com http://www.judicata.com). I don't think their product has been released yet.
- tibbon 13y ago
  Robot, Robot & Hwang: http://www.robotandhwang.com/ http://www.robotandhwang.com/
- pseingatl 13y ago
  Some jurisdictions have something called, by various names, the "Jury Verdict Reporter". If you see people in the Clerk's office (not federal) with laptops, they are copying information off of the case dockets. First instance state tribunals (however they are called) rarely publish their decisions. Some federal district court opinions are published.
anseljh 13y ago
CourtListener already has an API: https://www.courtlistener.com/api/ https://www.courtlistener.com/api/

thinkcomp 13y ago

http://www.plainsite.org http://www.plainsite.org The API hasn't really been tested much. http://www.plainsite.org/api http://www.plainsite.org/api Feedback welcome.

esbranson 13y ago
Are there plans for state law for other states besides California and Virginia?
- thinkcomp 13y ago
  Only if someone decides to contribute--we're working on other kinds of data. You should check out The State Decoded, however, at http://www.statedecoded.com http://www.statedecoded.com. The State Decoded takes a more Jeffersonian approach (appropriately perhaps, given that it's based in VA), allowing citizens to code up their own state statutes. PlainSite in contrast is more Hamiltonian: centralized and standardized. There are advantages and disadvantages to each approach.