CourtListener Docket Search API
Open REST API for searching federal and state court docket records from the CourtListener database. Docket search results include chapter (bankruptcy chapter number) and dateFiled (petition filing date) as named scalar …
Questions this answers
2 · best fit firstCourtListener searches federal dockets and PACER filing documents and returns nested filing documents and docket or opinion metadata.
CourtListener's open Legal Search API returns federal docket records with court, case name, docket number and ID, filed date, judge, and status or posture where available.
Fields it delivers
2 fieldsCourtListener documents search across United States federal and state court records. Coverage varies materially by court, collection, and date and is not a claim that every court record is present.
CourtListener documents a no-charge API allowance of 5 requests per minute, 50 per hour, and 125 per day, which is a usable standing business tier. Membership upgrades and commercial agreements provide higher limits, but the sufficient free tier controls this classification.
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