# Justia *American legal information website, founded in 2003, hosting free case law and codes.* Justia is a United States website for finding legal information. Tim Stanley, previously of FindLaw, started it in 2003. The company's headquarters are in Mountain View, California, and its case-law collection ranks among the largest available online.[^1] Users can read case law, codes, opinion summaries and other basic legal texts without charge. The company charges for its attorney directory and for webhosting.[^1] Wikipedia summarizes a 2007 *New York Times* report that Justia was spending about "$10,000 a month" to copy United States Supreme Court documents and post them online free to the public. The record does not independently confirm that figure.[^1] Law library research guides refer to the site, and Duke Law School's library guide describes it as useful for PACER.[^1] In the [[Minnesota]] record, Justia appears as a host of primary legal texts. These include the Minnesota Constitution, Minnesota statutes, Minnesota Supreme Court opinions, and United States Supreme Court and lower federal court opinions cited in Minnesota matters.[^2][^3][^4] The record shows no Minnesota proceeding in which Justia is a party. ## In the Minnesota record ### What - Article V of the Minnesota Constitution is published on Justia.[^2] - The 2012 code edition of Minn. Stat. §43A.191, [[43A.191 AGENCY AFFIRMATIVE ACTION PROGRAMS|Agency Affirmative Action Programs]], is published on Justia. The statute concerns [[Affirmative action]] programs in state agencies.[^3] - The Minnesota Supreme Court's 2023 opinion in *Schroeder v. Simon* is published on Justia.[^4] - Justia also publishes Minnesota Supreme Court opinions from 1962, 1968 and 1986 that are cited in the record.[^5][^6][^7] The record also cites Justia's index of Minnesota Supreme Court opinions.[^8] - The record cites Justia's copy of *[[Phillips v. Washington Legal Foundation]]*, 524 U.S. 156 (1998). The Court decided that case 5–4 and held that the interest earned on [[IOLTA]] funds is the client's property.[^9] - The record also cites Justia's copy of *[[Brown v. Legal Foundation of Washington]]*, 538 U.S. 216 (2003). The Court decided that case 5–4 as well and upheld the program. It held that just compensation is measured by the owner's loss, which in that case was zero.[^10] - Other United States Supreme Court opinions on Justia that the record cites include the following: - *Meritor Savings Bank v. Vinson*, 477 U.S. 57 (1986)[^11] - *Webster v. Reproductive Health Services*, 492 U.S. 490 (1989)[^12] - *Faragher v. City of Boca Raton*, 524 U.S. 775 (1998)[^13] - *Burlington Industries v. Ellerth*, 524 U.S. 742 (1998)[^14] - *Bush v. Gore*, 531 U.S. 98 (2000)[^15] - *Lawrence v. Texas*, 539 U.S. 558 (2003)[^16] - *Citizens United v. FEC*, 558 U.S. 310 (2010)[^17] - *United States v. Windsor*, 570 U.S. 744 (2013)[^18] - *Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores*, 573 U.S. 682 (2014)[^19] - *Obergefell v. Hodges*, 576 U.S. 644 (2015)[^20] - The record also cites Justia pages for lower federal court opinions. The page paths for these correspond to 315 F.2d 393, 359 F.2d 60, 807 F.2d 1433 and 675 F. Supp. 497.[^21][^22][^23][^24] ### How - One row in the record identifies Justia as a corroborating host, rather than the sole source, for the 1934 District of Minnesota opinion in *Powers Mercantile Co. v. Olson*, 7 F. Supp. 865.[^25] ## See also - [[Washington Legal Foundation]] ## Notes [^1]: Wikipedia contributors, *Justia* (revision 1376107151, retrieved 2026-10-26) — establishes the 2003 founding by Tim Stanley, the Mountain View headquarters, the free and paid services, the 2007 *New York Times* report of "$10,000 a month", and references in law library research guides. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justia [^2]: State of Minnesota, *Minnesota Constitution, Article V*, via Justia — text of Article V as hosted on Justia. https://law.justia.com/constitution/minnesota/Article5.html [^3]: Minnesota Legislature, *Minn. Stat. §43A.191, Agency Affirmative Action Programs* (2012 code), via Justia — text of the statute as hosted on Justia. https://law.justia.com/codes/minnesota/2012/chapter-43a/chapter-43a/section-43a.191 [^4]: Minnesota Supreme Court, *Schroeder v. Simon* (2023), via Justia — the opinion as hosted on Justia. https://law.justia.com/cases/minnesota/supreme-court/2023/a20-1264.html [^5]: Minnesota Supreme Court, opinion (1962), Justia page 38-762 — a 1962 opinion hosted on Justia. https://law.justia.com/cases/minnesota/supreme-court/1962/38-762.html [^6]: Minnesota Supreme Court, opinion (1968), Justia page 40679-1 — a 1968 opinion hosted on Justia. https://law.justia.com/cases/minnesota/supreme-court/1968/40679-1.html [^7]: Minnesota Supreme Court, opinion (1986), Justia page c9-85-811-2 — a 1986 opinion hosted on Justia. https://law.justia.com/cases/minnesota/supreme-court/1986/c9-85-811-2.html [^8]: Justia, *Minnesota Supreme Court opinions* (index) — Justia's index of hosted Minnesota Supreme Court opinions. https://law.justia.com/cases/minnesota/supreme-court/ [^9]: Supreme Court of the United States, *Phillips v. Washington Legal Foundation*, 524 U.S. 156 (1998), via Justia — the opinion. The 5–4 vote and holding are recorded in *The Instrument No One Will Name* (densified, 2026-06-18), row [66]. https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/524/156/ [^10]: Supreme Court of the United States, *Brown v. Legal Foundation of Washington*, 538 U.S. 216 (2003), via Justia — the opinion. The 5–4 vote and holding are recorded in *The Instrument No One Will Name* (densified, 2026-06-18), row [66]. https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/538/216/ [^11]: Supreme Court of the United States, *Meritor Savings Bank v. Vinson*, 477 U.S. 57 (1986), via Justia — hosted opinion. https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/477/57/ [^12]: Supreme Court of the United States, *Webster v. Reproductive Health Services*, 492 U.S. 490 (1989), via Justia — hosted opinion. https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/492/490/ [^13]: Supreme Court of the United States, *Faragher v. City of Boca Raton*, 524 U.S. 775 (1998), via Justia — hosted opinion. https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/524/775/ [^14]: Supreme Court of the United States, *Burlington Industries v. Ellerth*, 524 U.S. 742 (1998), via Justia — hosted opinion. https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/524/742/ [^15]: Supreme Court of the United States, *Bush v. Gore*, 531 U.S. 98 (2000), via Justia — hosted opinion. https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/531/98/ [^16]: Supreme Court of the United States, *Lawrence v. Texas*, 539 U.S. 558 (2003), via Justia — hosted opinion. https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/539/558/ [^17]: Supreme Court of the United States, *Citizens United v. FEC*, 558 U.S. 310 (2010), via Justia — hosted opinion. https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/558/310/ [^18]: Supreme Court of the United States, *United States v. Windsor*, 570 U.S. 744 (2013), via Justia — hosted opinion. https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/570/744/ [^19]: Supreme Court of the United States, *Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores*, 573 U.S. 682 (2014), via Justia — hosted opinion. https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/573/682/ [^20]: Supreme Court of the United States, *Obergefell v. Hodges*, 576 U.S. 644 (2015), via Justia — hosted opinion. https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/576/644/ [^21]: Federal appellate court, opinion at 315 F.2d 393, via Justia — hosted opinion. https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/F2/315/393/60319/ [^22]: Federal appellate court, opinion at 359 F.2d 60, via Justia — hosted opinion. https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/F2/359/60/195890/ [^23]: Federal appellate court, opinion at 807 F.2d 1433, via Justia — hosted opinion. https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/F2/807/1433/311479/ [^24]: Federal district court, opinion at 675 F. Supp. 497, via Justia — hosted opinion. https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSupp/675/497/1637997/ [^25]: United States District Court for the District of Minnesota, *Powers Mercantile Co. v. Olson*, 7 F. Supp. 865 (D. Minn. 1934), via Justia — the record identifies Justia as a corroborating host for this opinion. https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSupp/7/865/1909125/