> Great news... "real-time" currentness of Supreme Court Petitions!
> SCT-PETITION is one of the hottest databases on Westlaw with an
> astounding 80% increase in traffic month over month in the last three
> months. Last week we made the content even hotter by loading new
> petitions to Westlaw within 5 days of filing at the U.S. Supreme Court
> (content was previously around 4 months behind filing).
> Benefits: Over 8000 petitions for certiorari are written and filed per
> year, and there is an entire industry of litigants who see the
> "petition-stage" as the first opportunity to influence the Court's
> direction on a particular case. Westlaw offers two main benefits:
> 1) provides a repository of searchable and integrated petitions for review
> and analysis;
> 2) provides nearly real-time notice of new petitions filed.
> Contents: SCT-PETITION contains petitions for writs of certiorari to the
> U.S. Supreme Court and related documents, such as briefs in opposition and
> support of the petitions and amicus briefs. Coverage begins with 1990.
>