Spread this far and wide FReepers. This smoking gun is so hot that the bullet is literally still in the air!!!
gnip
wondering if this warrants the ping list, the case law database was sabotaged and txt.robot were placed in files to prevent certain info from being accessed
I have a question. Would lawyers use this site to prepare for cases? Would the SCOTUS refer to this site when researching to write opinions?
I don’t know about you - but I don’t want ANYONE messing with material that they don’t own.
It would be one thing for Justia to remove all cases in which Minor v. Happersett was a citation entirely from its web site.
But, it is a different matter if you remove the citation from a case, but leave the case intact. You have then altered a document that you don’t own.
What if I was a law student and had to refer to a particular case - knowing that I had a test on the material the next day? Then I take the test and it asks for the citations. I know the citations cold EXCEPT for Minor v. Happersett - since it was removed from the text of the case by Justia ...
I suppose it would be ok to leave it on the web site - but only as long as they identify it as an edited document. At least it would give you an opportunity to go to a different web site. But that would kinda defeat the purpose of the scrubbing, wouldn’t it ?
As for me, I ALWAYS use the Cornell Law School web site, if possible. If they don’t have it, I go somewhere else, but I won’t go to Justia any more - don’t trust ‘em ...