Electronic Resources for Supreme Court Practice 2013

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1. Electronic Resources for Texas Supreme Court Practice April 12, 2013 Don Cruse
2. 59 UCLA Law Review Disc. 178 (2012)
3. Public disclosures thus occupy a spectrum, from the most adaptable data to the most inert. Adaptability may depend not only on the format of the data itself but also on the prevalence and cost of the human and technological capital necessary to take advantage of it. Inert Adaptable
4. Disclosures also vary in a second dimension: They differ markedly in their actual or anticipated impact. A machine readable bus schedule ... enhances service delivery. Core political data, such as legislative or campaign finance information, serves a more purely civic role, enhancing public accountability. Adaptable Accountability Service Delivery Inert
5. Adaptable Accountability Service Delivery Inert Real-time bus data Paper bus maps Scanned PDF of Campaign Data Here and here. Where do appeals fit?
6. Docket Pages Texas Court Sites Before 2012 COA Opinions SCOTX Opinions SCOTX Briefs (a few) COA Briefs -- All of this open to indexing -- Files and folders Database engine
7. Docket Pages Texas Court Sites After TAMES COA Opinions SCOTX Opinions SCOTX Briefs (many) COA Briefs -- Very little of this open to indexing -- Files and folders
8. TAMES Model: One Master Database Old Model: Flat Files on Internet Internal search features can be complex, as staff has time to develop More difficult for third parties to index for search Search tools across the site were fragmented and fairly simple Third parties (like Google) could index and search URLs = long database IDs that won’t fit in a brief URLs = short and mostly human-readable
9. What does that mean for you as a researcher?
12. ADVICE EXPIRED
13. From page 2 of those results:
15. The e-briefs you file today become the research materials of tomorrow.
16. The TAMES They Are a-Changin’
19. ɾCauses Set for Oral Arguments
21. ɾCase Search ɾDocument Search ɾElectronic Briefs Three different lenses to view the docket pages:
22. ɾCase Search
24. ɾDocument Search
26. ɾEvent Reports
31. http://data.scotxblog.com http://www.scotxblog.com The blog itself: My new data pages: http://twitter.com/scotxblog Updates by Twitter: RSS Feeds: - cases in the news - briefing requests - petitions filed
32. http://data.scotxblog.com http://www.scotxblog.com The blog itself: My new data pages: http://twitter.com/scotxblog Updates by Twitter: RSS Feeds: - cases in the news - briefing requests - petitions filed
33. http://data.scotxblog.com http://www.scotxblog.com The blog itself: My new data pages: http://twitter.com/scotxblog Updates by Twitter: RSS Feeds: - cases in the news - briefing requests - petitions filed
39. The challenge is that, at any given time, most of the docket is below the water line. Submitted Cases Granted, Not Yet Argued Ongoing BOM Requests Petitions Filed 0 50 100 150 200 250 220 127 12 49 Snapshot of cases active as of April 14, 2011
40. Snapshot of cases active as of April 11, 2013 Submitted Cases Granted, Not Yet Argued Ongoing BOM Requests Petitions Filed 0 50 100 150 200 250 264 122 10 45 The challenge is that, at any given time, most of the docket is below the water line.
44. Electronic Resources for Texas Supreme Court Practice Tips best on or before: April 12, 2013 Don Cruse @scotxblog (512) 853-9100 don@doncruse.com