John Hawkinson

> > Thanks @johnhawkinson So I think now we need some examples of NDAs with` document_number` and `pacer_case_id` so we can also parse them. I don't think there are any...

> For `document_number` it's going to be tough to deal with this. If the emails only provide the `pacer_doc_id` and not the `document_number`, we don't have much of a choice...

> I mean, I don't like putting the wrong value in there, but it's part of the design we inherited from the original RECAP folks, and it's already something we...

> But more significantly, this field needs to migrate to a datetime. And furthermore it should be very clear that it is storing the time in the local timezone of...

> BUT I think this tells me that the important thing to do here is to set the TZ on the date object we save to the DB, because if...

I'm not aware of a citation preference setting, although Lexis does indeed let you indicate a preference for state courts, that I think mostly manifests in the quick searches available...

I think the important context is that if you are looking at an existing CL docket such a cause (e.g. https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/16606711/block-leviton-llp-v-federal-trade-commission/), the link that CL itself generates which you get...

> Not sure how we'd even approach scraping that, I feel a little confused at what the question is. Although this interface seems completely unacceptable for use by humans, it...

Err…I just don't understand what you meant by "not sure how we'd even approach scraping." Did you mean about metadata? I was just referring to getting the PDFs. Yeah, there's...

Scraping both just doesn't seem horrible. Suboptimal, yes, but easily doable.