Free Search of US Court Records Endorsed by Judiciary (Correct)

The judiciary’s policymaking body has endorsed a proposal to make federal court records searches via the PACER electronic database free to non-commercial users.

The Judicial Conference approved the recommendation at a March 15 meeting, according to notes of the closed-door session released May 27. It supports making all searches free for non-commercial users “of any future new modernized case management, electronic filing, and public access systems implemented by the judiciary.”

The recommendation comes as Congress considers legislation that would require the courts to make PACER access free to the general public online.
The Senate Judiciary Committee advanced the Open Courts ...