Most Florida trial-court filings are available, but plebes must know the court they're in because the clerk's office for each judicial circuit runs its own docket system.
Appellate court documents (briefs, motions, records, and other filings, not just opinions) are more easily findable nowadays: we have a statewide system called ACIS. Unfortunately one still must know which case one wants to pull from; there is no viable subject-matter searching. But it can be helpful to find briefs with additional information in cases one has already identified on account of their opinions, which one would research in a paid service like Lexis+ or Westlaw (or one of the a free alternatives, like Google Scholar or Fastcase, which aren't very good in comparison).
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https://www.courtlistener.com/
Most Florida trial-court filings are available, but plebes must know the court they're in because the clerk's office for each judicial circuit runs its own docket system.
Appellate court documents (briefs, motions, records, and other filings, not just opinions) are more easily findable nowadays: we have a statewide system called ACIS. Unfortunately one still must know which case one wants to pull from; there is no viable subject-matter searching. But it can be helpful to find briefs with additional information in cases one has already identified on account of their opinions, which one would research in a paid service like Lexis+ or Westlaw (or one of the a free alternatives, like Google Scholar or Fastcase, which aren't very good in comparison).
http://acis.flcourts.gov/