Groklaw has a helpful tour of PACER’s U.S. Party/Case Index.  I usually access PACER through an individual court’s website, so it was interesting to see a different way to search.   

I love PACER and I praise its creators for coming up with a system that is easy to use and fairly inexpensive.  I sometimes use other courts’ on-line docket systems and they just don’t compare. 

Thanks to the Law Librarian Blog for the link to Groklaw.