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POST
/
legal
/
v1
/
courts
List federal and state courts
curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.case.dev/legal/v1/courts \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "query": "<string>",
  "jurisdiction": "<string>",
  "inUseOnly": true,
  "limit": 25,
  "offset": 0
}
'
{
  "query": "<string>",
  "jurisdiction": "<string>",
  "inUseOnly": true,
  "found": 123,
  "courts": [
    {
      "id": "<string>",
      "shortName": "<string>",
      "fullName": "<string>",
      "jurisdiction": "<string>",
      "pacerCourtId": 123
    }
  ]
}

Authorizations

​
Authorization
string
header
required

API key starting with sk_case_

Body

application/json

Court lookup options

​
query
string

Search by court name or slug (e.g. "Northern District", "nysd", "ca9")

Required string length: 2 - 100
​
jurisdiction
string

Optional jurisdiction code filter (e.g. FD for Federal District, F for all Federal, S for State)

​
inUseOnly
boolean
default:true

Only return courts with available docket data

​
limit
integer
default:25

Maximum number of courts to return

Required range: 1 <= x <= 100
​
offset
integer
default:0

Number of courts to skip before returning results

Required range: x >= 0

Response

Court list retrieved successfully

​
query
string | null
​
jurisdiction
string | null
​
inUseOnly
boolean

Whether results are filtered to in-use courts only

​
found
integer
​
courts
object[]