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But the stuff that ends up on RECAP, for obvious reasons, tends to be the small minority of cases that the public is interested in, and for the most part that content is practically (sometimes literally) free. I think RECAP rules a lot and I have the plugins e", "context": "", "use_case": "reading PACER documents", "switched_from": "", "story": "Court Records Should Be Free"}, {"id": 739688496, "item_id": 46230531, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46230531", "by": "tleyden5iwx", "date": "2025-12-11", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Here's another approach that might interest you:", "excerpt": "Thanks for sharing! 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