Author:   "Bob Foldill <data@rust.net> at ~Internet
Date:     3/12/97  12:03 PM
Priority: Normal
BCC:      CITATION at AO-OCPPO
TO:       citation@ao.uscourts.gov at ~Internet
Subject:  Comments on Public Domain Legal Citations

     I am not an attorney, but as a taxpaying citizen, would like to 
offer my comments on this important topic.

     1) It is ludicrous that a for-profit company should even begin 
to claim ownership of public records citations. Public Records, as 
the name implies, belong to the public, and should be either freely 
available to the public, or available for a nominal fee.

     2) I am expected to obey the law, but have NO cost-effective 
means of finding out what the laws actually are because of 
extortionistic pricing.

     3) The public will benefit greatly through unfettered access to 
this material.

     4) The courts should make all federal court opinions available 
on the Internet, with citations that will permit the public to 
uniquely identify and cite an opinion.

     Thank you for your time and attention.