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Is it really that difficult to get plain text versions and diff them?

• Angostura 12y ago
  The article suggests that the final versions are only available in hardback printed form.
  • rayiner 12y ago
    The bound volumes are the authoritative reference in case of discrepancies between the digital and bound versions, but digital versions are available in PDF form: http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/boundvolumes.aspx http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/boundvolumes.aspx.
    • Angostura 12y ago
      The article says that in several instances the older, I corrected version of decisions are on the Web site, so I presume that these are the files that are the problematic ones.
  • tunesmith 12y ago
    Doesn't the article say that the final version is available in Lexis? Is it possible for someone write a crawler in a grad school library that gets all supreme court opinions of the last five years, diffs them, and checks in diffs to a git repo?
• eli 12y ago
  Isn't that what the Times did with its interactive feature that accompanies this article?