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August 29, 2017 by Gary Price

Free Law Project Executive Director Files Declaration in Class Action Lawsuit Re: PACER Fees

August 29, 2017 by Gary Price

The declaration in the National Veterans Legal Services Program v. United States case was filed today by Thomas Lee and Michael Lissner and discusses the fee structure of the PACER service.
Lissner is the Executive Director and Lead Developer at the Free Law Project.
Free Law provides several resources including the wonderful Court Listener database.
Lee and Lissner write:

As we explain in detail below, it is overwhelmingly likely  that the PACER system, as operated by the Administrative Office of the Courts (AO), collects fees far in excess of the costs associated with providing the public access to the records it contains.

Direct to Full Text of Declaration Filing (18 pages; PDF)
Background About Law Suit (via Free Law Project)

  • A Complete Chronology of PACER Fees and Policies
  • How Much Money Does PACER Make?
  • The Cost of PACER Data? Around One Billion Dollars.
  • Downloading Important Cases on PACER Costs More than a Brand New Car
  • What is the “PACER Problem”?
  • What Should be Done About the PACER Problem?
  • What is a “Page” of PACER Content?

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Gary Price (gprice@mediasourceinc.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. Before launching INFOdocket, Price and Shirl Kennedy were the founders and senior editors at ResourceShelf and DocuTicker for 10 years. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com, and is currently a contributing editor at Search Engine Land.

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