Yesterday, the Texas Supreme Court approved a new local rule for the Third Court (covering Austin) that provides a framework for electronic district court records. The documents in the appellate record can now be submitted as scanned, word-searchable PDFs.
The order is here.
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1 Kristofer Monson // Mar 11, 2010 at 8:45 am
CA3 is also allowing copies of filings in electronic form.
http://www.3rdcoa.courts.state.tx.us/rules/efiling.asp
But—inconveniently—they want everything burned on a CD/DVD.
2 Kendall Gray // Mar 11, 2010 at 11:38 am
Alas, the forests of the world are not yet safe. E-filing still eludes us for some reason.
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