Select legal briefs now available at no cost from the California Supreme Court

The California Supreme Court is promoting a new feature on the California Courts website.  Legal briefs for cases on the September Oral Argument calendar can be found on this page.  The cases and briefs curently available include:

S149752: Roby v. Mckesson

Petition for review (PDF, 1,712 KB)
Answer brief (PDF, 2,998 KB)
Reply to answer petition for review (PDF, 891 KB)
Opening brief on the merits (PDF, 2,740 KB)
Answer brief on the merits (PDF, 3,733 KB)
Reply brief on the merits (PDF, 2,591 KB)

S163335: Costco Wholesale Corp. v. Superior Court of Los Angeles

Petition for review (PDF, 2,595 KB)
Opening brief on the merits (PDF, 2,623 KB)
Answer brief on the merits (PDF, 1,201 KB)
Reply brief on the merits (PDF, 2,623 KB)

S161385: Schacter v. Citigroup, Inc. et al.

Petition for review (PDF, 1,293 KB)
Opening brief on the merits (PDF, 2,131 KB)
Answer brief on the merits (PDF, 1,904 KB)
Reply brief on the merits (PDF, 1,257 KB)

S166747: Johnson v. Greenelsh

Opening brief on the merits (PDF, 1,211 KB)
Answer brief on the merits (PDF, 2,152 KB)
Reply brief on the merits (PDF, 530 KB)

S158852: People v. Stevens (Lorenzo)

Petition for review (PDF, 2,081 KB)
Opening brief on the merits (PDF, 1,269 KB)
Answer brief on the merits (PDF, 2,461 KB)
Reply brief on the merits (PDF, 866 KB)

S163811: People v. Concha (Reyas) and Hernandez (Julio)

Petition for review (PDF, 2,844 KB)
Petition for review (PDF, 2,970 KB)
Opening brief on the merits (PDF, 1,445 KB)
Opening brief on the merits (PDF, 981 KB)
Answer brief on the merits (PDF, 1,196 KB)
Reply brief on the merits (PDF, 1,070 KB)
Reply brief on the merits (PDF, 762 KB)

This will prove to be an exceptional resource if briefs continue to be made available in this way.  An interesting implication of this free public access is whether it in any way resolves the recent copyright controversy about exclusive access to briefs by Westlaw and Lexis.