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Louisiana's 5th Circuit Court of Appeals
The Court Management System (CMS)
• Scope : to provide a full docket software system for the Court of Appeals.
• Notes : The system includes the processing of filings and fees, word processing document management and a docket list for each division.
• Status : Completed. Under maintenance.
• Dates: 06/01/03 through 04/30/04
• Commentary: In order to comply with a mandate by the Supreme Court of Louisiana (CARRS directive), the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in Gretna , Louisiana , had to develop a system to provide information about their cases to the State on a weekly basis. Interactive developed a system to pull data from the Court's SQL databases, convert it to a format specified by the State, and to transmit the information with only a button click. In the process, Interactive developers repaired parts of the court's existing web based application that had never worked and added functionality to their system to help ensure data integrity.
Interactive was subsequently asked to create the Court Management System whereby much needed additional functionality could be utilized. Building upon the work it had performed before, Interactive rebuilt where it could, replaced where it had to and created a number of new systems and system components. The resultant Court Management System had Docket control, Minute Entry capabilities, Calendaring, Scheduling, Report output capability and form generation capabilities through Word and WordPerfect file merging. In addition, user search capabilities were improved, backend data processing was made more efficient and security was enhanced.
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