One advantage that the U.S. Supreme Court’s website has over the California Supreme Court’s is that there are links to filed documents on the case dockets of the former but not of the latter. For example, the certiorari petition, a motion, an amicus brief, and the certiorari opposition in Miles v. California are all accessible here. (Regarding Miles, see here.)
California’s high court might soon be adding that salutary feature to its website, too. (The court already posts certain case documents — the briefs — but not on the case dockets and only when a case has already been, or is soon to be, argued.)
The tech upgrade has been in the works for a while now and, although there’s no specific roll-out date yet, Jorge Navarrete — the court’s Clerk/Executive Officer — says, “we are making great progress” in having “the documents available to the public” and “we are working expeditiously with our vendor to make sure this happens as soon as possible.”
Navarrete reports that the electronically available documents should include “all documents filed by the parties and orders issued by the court,” and “there is a good chance” that case records (e.g., reporter’s and clerk’s transcripts and the parties’ appendixes) will also be available, at least those that the court receives in an electronic format.
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