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io.github.cyanheads/courtlistener-mcp-server

io.github.cyanheads/courtlistener-mcp-server

Search US court opinions, federal dockets, judges, citations, and oral arguments via CourtListener.

Uptime
100.0%
2 direct probes · 30d
Response
1065ms
last probe
Tools
14
callable
Resources
1
readable
Prompts
1
available
Primary URL
https://courtlistener.caseyjhand.com/mcp

Tools · 14

courtlistener_search_opinions

Full-text search across 9M+ written US court opinions with field-level filtering. Returns opinion cluster summaries with case metadata, citations, matched text snippets, and the individual opinion var…

courtlistener_get_opinion

Fetch the full text and metadata for a single opinion cluster by cluster ID. A cluster groups all opinions filed in a case — majority, concurrence, dissent, and per curiam. Returns the cluster metadat…

courtlistener_get_citations

Retrieve the citation network for an opinion cluster. Supports two directions: "cited_by" (opinions that cite this one — measures precedential influence) and "citing" (opinions this one cites — reveal…

courtlistener_lookup_citation

Resolve legal citations (e.g., "410 U.S. 113", "93 S. Ct. 705") to opinion cluster IDs and case metadata. Enables workflows that start from a known citation rather than a search query. CourtListener e…

courtlistener_search_dockets

Search RECAP federal court dockets. Query terms match case name, docket number, party, and attorney names; filters narrow by party name, court, and filing date. RECAP is a crowd-sourced mirror of PACE…

courtlistener_get_docket

Fetch full docket metadata and entry list for a single federal case by docket ID. Returns all available docket entries with document availability status. Documents with is_available=true have a RECAP-…

courtlistener_get_parties

Fetch all parties and attorneys of record for a RECAP federal docket by docket ID. Returns each party's name, role (Plaintiff, Defendant, Petitioner, Respondent, etc.), and their attorneys with contac…

courtlistener_search_judges

Search judge/person records by name, appointing president, court, political affiliation, or demographic. Returns biographical data, current position, and appointment summary. Use courtlistener_get_jud…

courtlistener_get_judge

Fetch full biographical profile for a single judge: positions on record — judicial appointments across all courts plus non-judicial roles — education, political affiliations, and ABA ratings. The posi…

courtlistener_lookup_courts

List courts with optional filtering by jurisdiction type, active/inactive status, and scraper coverage. Primarily used to discover court IDs for use in search and filter parameters across all other co…

courtlistener_search_oral_arguments

Search appellate oral argument audio recordings — the largest public collection of oral argument audio. Returns recording metadata with two direct MP3 links per result (download_url at the originating…

courtlistener_get_oral_argument

Fetch the full detail record for a single oral argument audio recording by its ID (the audio_id from courtlistener_search_oral_arguments). Returns the case name, panel judge IDs, duration, MP3 downloa…

courtlistener_search_financial_disclosures

Search federal judicial financial disclosure filings — the annual reports judges file on investments, gifts, debts, outside positions, and income. Filter by judge (person ID from courtlistener_search_…

courtlistener_get_financial_disclosure

Fetch a single judicial financial disclosure by ID with its parsed line-item rows — investments, debts, positions, reimbursements, non-investment and spouse income, agreements, and gifts. This is the …

Resources · 1

CourtListener Reference

Static reference guide for CourtListener court IDs, jurisdiction type codes, search type codes, and rate limit information. Read this before building queries to find the correct court ID and jurisdict…

courtlistener://reference/courts

Prompts · 1

courtlistener_research_topic

Generate a structured legal research plan for a given legal topic or question. Produces a step-by-step workflow using CourtListener tools to find relevant case law, trace precedent chains, and surface…

How to use

Add to your Claude Desktop / Cursor / Cline MCP config:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "io.github.cyanheads/courtlistener-mcp-server": {
      "url": "https://courtlistener.caseyjhand.com/mcp",
      "transport": "streamable-http"
    }
  }
}