juriscraper `ET_AL` regexp is too permissive

`ET_AL` regexp is too permissive

Open johnhawkinson opened this issue 7 years ago • 1 comments

Given a hypothetical case Fox v. Mohammed Mat Et Aliasing, the ET_AL regexp:

https://github.com/freelawproject/juriscraper/blob/c007905e622d752273460347ddc5539883a13770/juriscraper/lib/string_utils.py#L265

is too permissive and thus the harmonize() function turns it into Fox v. Mohammed Matiasing.

While there is some justification for capturing et alia there is not for other strings that happen to match \set al.

Dec 29 '17 20:12 johnhawkinson

Nice catch. This regex has been running live for a LONG time. I think it has test cases, but sounds like we need at least one more.

Dec 29 '17 20:12 mlissner