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More details…About CourtListener's RECAP Archive
Background
The RECAP Archive is a searchable collection of millions of PACER documents and dockets that were gathered using our RECAP Extensions for Firefox and Chrome. PACER is the government-run system where nearly every legal document is filed from federal cases. The archive also includes every free PACER opinion. This unique archive was created to partially address what we see as the PACER Problem.
Using this archive, you can finally search and download millions of PACER documents, including those that were originally scanned PDFs, which we laboriously convert to text.
This work was made possible thanks to a partnership with The Center for Information Technology Policy at Princeton, the generous data contributions of thousands of RECAP users, and a ton of volunteer support.
If you find this work valuable, or if it saves you money on your PACER bill, please donate.
Learn More About PACER
We've written many articles about PACER:
- What is the PACER Problem?
- How Much Money Does PACER Make?
- What Should be Done About the PACER Problem?
- What is a Page of PACER Content?
- The Cost of PACER Data? Around One Billion Dollars.
- Why Should Congress Care about PACER?
- Using PACER — What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
- Assessing PACER's Access Barriers
You can read more of our PACER and RECAP articles on the Free Law Project Blog.
Get Involved — Install the Extensions
This archive of data was created by users of the RECAP Extensions. Learn more and install them at the RECAP homepage.
Research Service and API
Free Law Project, the non-profit behind RECAP, is proud to host a research service and API for PACER content. If you are an organization that needs PACER content or a researcher looking for bulk data, please get in touch.