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Lower court codes #38

Closed BryceStevenWilley closed 2 years ago

BryceStevenWilley commented 2 years ago

Added lower court codes from Tyler's "mystery source".

When e-filing into appeals cases, Tyler expects a very specific code for the lower court that this case is coming from, otherwise it'll reply with 168, Lower court code not found. We got a confirmation from Tyler that these values aren't publicly available, so for now we'll add them here.

The instructions for finding said "mystery source" are to:

The values we need will be in the JSON returned from that endpoint, under obj["DropDownsLocation"]["LowerCourtCodes"].

Also added some Tyler court codes for the housing courts (which we do need to search from).

Note: I wasn't able to give Lower Court codes to the "Metro South Housing Courts". Tyler's list only includes:

@nonprofittechy, do you have any advice for what to do if someone does need to appeal from the Metro South courts? Or is that something I should ask the Appeals court directly?

nonprofittechy commented 2 years ago

Great question! That is the newest Housing Court so not totally surprising.

Those cases used to go to Quincy District Court but we should ask Paul for advice.

If he isn't sure, I can reach out to some attorneys who practice in that area and might know how they handle the efiling.

On Wed, Aug 10, 2022, 6:03 PM Bryce Willey @.***> wrote:

Added lower court codes from Tyler's "mystery source".

When e-filing into appeals cases, Tyler expects a very specific code for the lower court that this case is coming from, otherwise it'll reply with 168, Lower court code not found. We got a confirmation from Tyler that these values aren't publicly available, so for now we'll add them here.

The instructions for finding said "mystery source" are to:

The values we need will be in the JSON returned from that endpoint, under obj["DropDownsLocation"]["LowerCourtCodes"].

Also added some Tyler court codes for the housing courts (which we do need to search from).

Note: I wasn't able to give Lower Court codes to the "Metro South Housing Courts". Tyler's list only includes:

  • Housing Court Central: 1831
  • Housing Court Eastern: 1827
  • Housing Court, Northeast: 1828
  • Housing Court, Southeast: 1829
  • Housing Court, Western: 1830

@nonprofittechy https://github.com/nonprofittechy, do you have any advice for what to do if someone does need to appeal from the Metro South courts? Or is that something I should ask the Appeals court directly?

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nonprofittechy commented 2 years ago

Small suggestion: lower_court_code is relatively clear, but did you consider something like appellate_court_code?

BryceStevenWilley commented 2 years ago

lower_court_code is relatively clear, but did you consider something like appellate_court_code?

lower_court_code has the benefits and cons of being the same name that Tyler calls it. appellate_court_code does make sense, but initially reads like it's the code for the appeals court? Maybe code_in_appellate, which makes it clear that it's how the appellate court will refer to this court.

nonprofittechy commented 2 years ago

lower_court_code is relatively clear, but did you consider something like appellate_court_code?

lower_court_code has the benefits and cons of being the same name that Tyler calls it. appellate_court_code does make sense, but initially reads like it's the code for the appeals court? Maybe code_in_appellate, which makes it clear that it's how the appellate court will refer to this court.

What about tyler_lower_court_code?