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. The website offers free

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, codes, opinion summaries, and other basic legal texts, with paid services for its attorney directory and webhosting. In 2007, ''

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'' reported that Justia was spending around "$10,000 a month" in order "to copy documents" from the

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and publish them online, to be made available without the public paying fees. Law library research guides often refer to Justia. Duke Law School's law library's research guide notes how it is helpful for PACER.

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