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California Superior (trial) Court documents note: availability and cost will vary from one Superior Court to another.
Visit the California Superior Court website where the case was filed and decided:
For example:
1) Alameda County: The Superior Court of California, County of Alameda, provides the public with online access to civil case records (documents and information) through Alameda County Court DomainWeb. Searching for dockets is free but retrieving documents is fee based and anyone with a credit card can create an account to retrieve documents. (Visit the Alameda County Law Library website.)
2) Orange County: Superior Court allows any person in the 50 United States to purchase some court documents online. Here in the Law Library we do not have access. Case name search is only available if the individual has set up an account.
3) San Bernardino County: Most of the documents going back into at least the 1990s are available through the San Bernardino Superior Court website. The Court determines court document availability and cost, if any. As of the now, the Court does not charge for access. (Visit the San Bernardino County Law Library website.)
California Appellate Court briefs:
The Council of California County Law Librarians (CCCLL) has a guide to major collections of California appellate court briefs.
Other CCCLL law libraries may also have briefs in their print or digital collections.
California has an excellent family of county law librarians who work together through the Council of California County Law Librarians (CCCLL).