There is no guarantee that opinions will be available for long term access. Arrangements concerning this issue would have to be made with the participating law schools before GPO could endorse the project. Not all circuit opinions are available through the consortium at this time. Each of the laws schools determine how they wish to format the opinions. There is no standard format or appearance.
Information is located at several sites.
The user must know which circuit issued the opinion they are looking for in order to find it. The GPO Locator could help overcome this problem. In reviewing alternative methods for electronically disseminating slip opinions to the public, a list of issues has developed. Some of these issues already were raised during the development of the BBSs and were handled according to the interests of the circuits. Others will be more important should the Judiciary, through the Administrative Office, determine it is in its interest to develop a centralized access point.