Senthil,

Thanks so much for your response. I tried running your code and it did basically the same thing. It just sat there for a while and eventually outputted "code:500" and terminated. Here's what it outputted to the "postcontent.html" file:

SSL read timeout: at /usr/local/share/perl/5.10.1/LWP/Protocol/http.pm
+ line 305 at /usr/local/lib/perl/5.10.1/Net/SSL.pm line 211 Net::SSL:
+:die_with_error('Net::SSL=GLOB(0x2c0c6b0)', 'SSL read timeout') calle
+d at /usr/local/lib/perl/5.10.1/Net/SSL.pm line 219 Net::SSL::__ANON_
+_('ALRM') called at /usr/local/lib/perl/5.10.1/Net/SSL.pm line 222 ev
+al {...} called at /usr/local/lib/perl/5.10.1/Net/SSL.pm line 222 Net
+::SSL::read('LWP::Protocol::https::Socket=GLOB(0x2c18990)', '', 1024,
+ 0) called at /usr/local/share/perl/5.10.1/LWP/Protocol/http.pm line 
+305 LWP::Protocol::http::request('LWP::Protocol::https=HASH(0x2a658f8
+)', 'HTTP::Request=HASH(0x29eaee8)', undef, undef, undef, 180) called
+ at /usr/local/share/perl/5.10.1/LWP/UserAgent.pm line 193 eval {...}
+ called at /usr/local/share/perl/5.10.1/LWP/UserAgent.pm line 192 LWP
+::UserAgent::send_request('LWP::UserAgent=HASH(0x29c7ef8)', 'HTTP::Re
+quest=HASH(0x29eaee8)', undef, undef) called at /usr/local/share/perl
+/5.10.1/LWP/UserAgent.pm line 275 LWP::UserAgent::simple_request('LWP
+::UserAgent=HASH(0x29c7ef8)', 'HTTP::Request=HASH(0x29eaee8)', undef,
+ undef) called at /usr/local/share/perl/5.10.1/LWP/UserAgent.pm line 
+283 LWP::UserAgent::request('LWP::UserAgent=HASH(0x29c7ef8)', 'HTTP::
+Request=HASH(0x29eaee8)') called at ./lookerupper2.pl line 16 at /usr
+/local/lib/perl/5.10.1/Net/SSL.pm line 222 Net::SSL::read('LWP::Proto
+col::https::Socket=GLOB(0x2c18990)', '', 1024, 0) called at /usr/loca
+l/share/perl/5.10.1/LWP/Protocol/http.pm line 305 LWP::Protocol::http
+::request('LWP::Protocol::https=HASH(0x2a658f8)', 'HTTP::Request=HASH
+(0x29eaee8)', undef, undef, undef, 180) called at /usr/local/share/pe
+rl/5.10.1/LWP/UserAgent.pm line 193 eval {...} called at /usr/local/s
+hare/perl/5.10.1/LWP/UserAgent.pm line 192 LWP::UserAgent::send_reque
+st('LWP::UserAgent=HASH(0x29c7ef8)', 'HTTP::Request=HASH(0x29eaee8)',
+ undef, undef) called at /usr/local/share/perl/5.10.1/LWP/UserAgent.p
+m line 275 LWP::UserAgent::simple_request('LWP::UserAgent=HASH(0x29c7
+ef8)', 'HTTP::Request=HASH(0x29eaee8)', undef, undef) called at /usr/
+local/share/perl/5.10.1/LWP/UserAgent.pm line 283 LWP::UserAgent::req
+uest('LWP::UserAgent=HASH(0x29c7ef8)', 'HTTP::Request=HASH(0x29eaee8)
+') called at ./lookerupper2.pl line 16
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I used the Mozilla LiveHTTP Headers plugin to get a new JSESSIONID and replaced it in the code you provided but it still does the same thing: terminates with "code:500" and outputs the above into postcontent.html. I also tried passing the entire string for "Cookie" that I found in the HTTP Headers. That is, I tried a line that reads like this:

$req->header("Cookie"=>"__utma=189426622.1597458921.1305692566.1305781
+465.1305829478.4; __utmz=189426622.1305692566.1.1.utmcsr=google|utmcc
+n=(organic)|utmcmd=organic|utmctr=dc%20superior%20court");
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Same problem. Out of curiousity, I tried looking up a case in Firefox with javascript turned off and it worked fine. I also tried looking up a case in Lynx and it worked fine.