united-states legal-research
Where can I find lawyers&#39; submissions to courts in the US?
<p>I ask NOT about court opinions. Downloading or online reading is more convenient and favoured than physical copies.</p>

<p>Where can I read submissions to the court for both sides of a case, written by litigators?  </p>

<p>You can find all the documents in the United States in federal court on <a href="https://www.pacer.gov" rel="nofollow noreferrer">PACER</a>. Pacer does charge if you use volume. Many states have similar systems.</p>

<p>For the Supreme Court you can find them on <a href="http://www.scotusblog.com" rel="nofollow noreferrer">SCOTUSblog</a>.</p>

<p>The answer by user3344003 is accurate. </p>

<p>But, in state and local courts usually only lawyers have access to the online filing system where briefs and other pleadings are filed by lawyers. Access to those documents by non-lawyers to those materials is quite cumbersome in most states.</p>

<p>Also, some cases have access limited to lawyers and parties for confidentiality purposes. Even in cases whose pleadings are open to the public for lawyers, there is usually a small fee for accessing court documents in a case. In Colorado, it costs $10 to get two weeks of access to files in a case where you are not a party or a lawyer.</p>

<p>If you are interested in Michigan state court, the records of some of my cases are available <a href="http://www.oneclubofjusticides.com/p/viggers-v-pacha_74.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">here (defamation)</a> and <a href="http://www.oneclubofjusticides.com/p/mcoa-336419-ppo-against-maria-de-la.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">here (personal protection order)</a>. These include hearing transcripts as well as filings from both parties in trial, appellate, and supreme court. </p>

<p>I am a pro se litigant, and I am sure you will notice my progress from the complaint all the way up to my briefs in the supreme courts.</p>

<p>There are two other cases I will upload, but first I need to redact a bunch of calumnies the defendant wrote about me (and which prompted me to file suit). I just haven't had the time to perform the redaction.</p>
