CourtListener

Court opinions, federal dockets and case law

CourtListener returns searchable published U.S. opinions with accessible text and case details, plus archived federal RECAP dockets newest-first, with previews limited to public search results.

Get court opinion

Get a US court opinion by case name, citation, or CourtListener link, with its text, citations, judges, and citing-case count. Full text requires an accessible text-based opinion PDF; image-only or unavailable documents cannot be transcribed.

Your information

Case

Case name, citation, or CourtListener opinion link. Example: Obergefell v. Hodges.

More options

CourtOptional

Court name to distinguish matching cases. Example: Supreme Court of the United States.

1 credit per run

Results

What you’ll get

Each run returns the following information.

Court: Information from this workflow
Opinions: A list of items
Case Name: Text
Citations: A list of items
Truncated: Yes or no
Author Judge: Information from this workflow
Date Decided: A date
Other Judges: A list of items
Docket Number: Information from this workflow
Lead Opinion Text: Text
Original PDF Link: Information from this workflow
Citing Cases Count: A number
Courtlistener Link: Text

Your information carries over to Studio.

About CourtListener

CourtListener searches US court opinions by keywords or case name, with optional court, decision dates, and sorting; it requires a query.

CourtListener retrieves an opinion by case name, citation, or CourtListener link, returning opinion text and case details.

CourtListener searches federal RECAP Archive dockets by person or company, with optional court and filing dates.

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Get court opinion

1 credit per run

Uses CourtListener, cdnjs.cloudflare.com and storage.courtlistener.com.

What you provide

Field	Type	Required	Description
Case`case`	Text	Required	Case name, citation, or CourtListener opinion link. Example: Obergefell v. Hodges.Example: 576 U.S. 644
Court`court`	Text	Optional	Court name to distinguish matching cases. Example: Supreme Court of the United States.Example: Supreme Court of the United States

What you get

Field	Type
Court`court`	Text
Opinions`opinions`	List
Type`opinions[].type`	Text
Author`opinions[].author`	Text
Case Name`case_name`	Text
Citations`citations`	List
Truncated`truncated`	Yes or no
Author Judge`author_judge`	Text
Date Decided`date_decided`	Date
Other Judges`other_judges`	List
Docket Number`docket_number`	Text
Lead Opinion Text`lead_opinion_text`	Text
Original PDF Link`original_pdf_link`	Text
Citing Cases Count`citing_cases_count`	Number
Courtlistener Link`courtlistener_link`	Text

Search case law

1 credit per run

Search CourtListener US court opinions by keywords or case name, with optional court, decision dates, and sorting. Court names select one court; a state name selects its highest court. Results follow CourtListener’s published-opinion default.

What you provide

Field	Type	Required	Description
Page`page`	Number	Optional	Result page to start with, for example 2. Each page contains up to 20 cases.Example: 2
Sort`sort`	Text	Optional	Order results by relevance, newest, oldest, or most cited; for example newest.Example: Most cited
Court`court`	Text	Optional	Court name, such as Supreme Court, 9th Circuit, or California; leave blank for all courts.Example: Supreme Court
Query`query`	Text	Required	Keywords or a case name, for example Miranda v. Arizona.Example: Miranda v. Arizona
Max Results`max_results`	Number	Optional	Maximum cases to return, for example 20 (up to 50).Example: 5
Decided After`decided_after`	Date	Optional	Earliest decision date, for example 2015-01-01.Example: 1966-01-01
Decided Before`decided_before`	Date	Optional	Latest decision date, for example 2020-12-31.Example: 1966-12-31

What you get

Field	Type	Description
Cases`cases`	List	Matching court opinions.
Link`cases[].link`	Text	CourtListener case page.Example: https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/107252/miranda-v-arizona/
Court`cases[].court`	Text	Deciding court.Example: Supreme Court of the United States
Judges`cases[].judges`	Text	Judges as listed in the opinion.Example: Warren, Clark, Stewart, White, Harlan
Snippet`cases[].snippet`	Text	Plain-text excerpt of matching opinion text.Example: anything that he says may be used against him. Escobedo v. Illinois, 378 U. S…
Case Name`cases[].case_name`	Text	Name of the case.Example: Miranda v. Arizona
Citations`cases[].citations`	List	Reported citations.
Cluster ID`cases[].cluster_id`	Number	CourtListener opinion cluster ID.Example: 107252
Times Cited`cases[].times_cited`	Number	Number of citations by other opinions.Example: 58585
Date Decided`cases[].date_decided`	Text	Decision date (YYYY-MM-DD).Example: 1966-06-13
Docket Number`cases[].docket_number`	Text	Docket number.Example: 759
Precedential Status`cases[].precedential_status`	Text	Published or other status reported for this opinion.Example: Published

Example result

For Sort: Most cited, Court: Supreme Court, Query: Miranda v. Arizona, Max Results: 5, Decided After: 1966-01-01, Decided Before: 1966-12-31

JSON

{
  "cases": [
    {
      "link": "https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/107252/miranda-v-arizona/",
      "court": "Supreme Court of the United States",
      "judges": "Warren, Clark, Stewart, White, Harlan",
      "snippet": "anything that he says may be used against him. Escobedo v. Illinois, 378 U. S. 478, 490-491 (1964). Now, the",
      "case_name": "Miranda v. Arizona",
      "citations": [
        "16 L. Ed. 2d 694",
        "86 S. Ct. 1602"
      ],
      "cluster_id": 107252,
      "times_cited": 58585,
      "date_decided": "1966-06-13",
      "docket_number": "759",
      "precedential_status": "Published"
    },
    {
      "link": "https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/107262/schmerber-v-california/",
      "court": "Supreme Court of the United States",
      "judges": "Foetas, Black, Brennan, Harlan, Warren, Douglas, Stewart",
      "snippet": "opinion and that of Mr. Justice White in Miranda v. Arizona, ante, pp. 504, 526.",
      "case_name": "Schmerber v. California",
      "citations": [
        "16 L. Ed. 2d 908",
        "86 S. Ct. 1826"
      ],
      "cluster_id": 107262,
      "times_cited": 6083,
      "date_decided": "1966-06-20",
      "docket_number": "658",
      "precedential_status": "Published"
    }
  ]
}

Search federal dockets

1 credit per run

Find federal RECAP dockets involving a named person or company, newest filed first. Only dockets in the RECAP Archive appear; recent entry previews are limited to entries shown in public search results.

What you provide

Field	Type	Required	Description
Page`page`	Number	Optional	Page of cases, e.g. 2.Example: 2
Court`court`	Text	Optional	Federal court in words, e.g. Northern District of California or Delaware bankruptcy. All federal courts if omitted.Example: Delaware bankruptcy
Party`party`	Text	Required	Company or person to find, e.g. Tesla.Example: Meta Platforms
Filed After`filed_after`	Date	Optional	Earliest filing date, e.g. 2024-01-01.Example: 2024-01-01
Max Results`max_results`	Number	Optional	Cases to return, e.g. 20.Example: 3
Filed Before`filed_before`	Date	Optional	Latest filing date, e.g. 2024-12-31.Example: 2024-12-31

What you get

Field	Type	Description
Cases`cases`	List	Federal cases found in the RECAP Archive.
Cause`cases[].cause`	Text	Example: 28:1332 Diversity-Breach of Contract
Court`cases[].court`	Text	Example: United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Delaware
Status`cases[].status`	Text	Example: Open
Case Name`cases[].case_name`	Text	Example: America's Gardening Resource, Inc. v. Meta Platforms, Inc.
Date Filed`cases[].date_filed`	Date	Example: 2026-02-02
Docket Link`cases[].docket_link`	Text	Example: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/72220329/americas-gardening-resource-inc-v…
Docket Number`cases[].docket_number`	Text	Example: 26-50033
Assigned Judge`cases[].assigned_judge`	Text	Example: Brendan L. Shannon
Nature of Suit`cases[].nature_of_suit`	Text	Example: Recovery of money/property - 547 preference; 13 Recovery of money/property…
Date Terminated`cases[].date_terminated`	Text
Latest Docket Entries`cases[].latest_docket_entries`	List

Example result

For Court: Delaware bankruptcy, Party: Meta Platforms, Max Results: 3

JSON

{
  "cases": [
    {
      "cause": null,
      "court": "United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Delaware",
      "status": "open",
      "case_name": "America's Gardening Resource, Inc. v. Meta Platforms, Inc.",
      "date_filed": "2026-02-02",
      "docket_link": "https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/72220329/americas-gardening-resource-inc-v-meta-platforms-inc/",
      "docket_number": "26-50033",
      "assigned_judge": "Brendan L. Shannon",
      "nature_of_suit": null,
      "date_terminated": null,
      "latest_docket_entries": [
        {
          "date": "2026-02-09",
          "text": "Summons and Notice of Pretrial Conference"
        },
        {
          "date": "2026-02-02",
          "text": "RETIRED - Complaint"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "cause": null,
      "court": "United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Delaware",
      "status": "open",
      "case_name": "AMRS Creditors Trust v. Meta Platforms, Inc.",
      "date_filed": "2025-08-08",
      "docket_link": "https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71059427/amrs-creditors-trust-v-meta-platforms-inc/",
      "docket_number": "25-51957",
      "assigned_judge": null,
      "nature_of_suit": null,
      "date_terminated": null,
      "latest_docket_entries": [
        {
          "date": "2025-09-03",
          "text": "Establishing Streamlined Procedures Governing Adversary Proceedings - Motion (Adversary)"
        },
        {
          "date": "2025-08-08",
          "text": "RETIRED - Complaint"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

For developers

Run this workflow from your own code. In Studio, turn on Developer mode and create an API key.

cURL

# First set your key: export FOUS_API_KEY='YOUR_FOUS_API_KEY'
: "${FOUS_API_KEY:?Set FOUS_API_KEY before running this example}"

curl 'https://api.fous.com/v1/query' \
  --fail-with-body --silent --show-error --max-time 120 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $FOUS_API_KEY" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data-raw '{
  "api": "@courtlistener",
  "visibility": "public",
  "operation": "get_court_opinion",
  "version": 1,
  "input": {
    "case": "576 U.S. 644"
  },
  "response": {
    "format": "json"
  }
}'

What you can do with it

Find opinions related to a legal issue or case name
Review an opinion’s text, citations, judges, and citing-case count
Track federal RECAP Archive cases involving a company or person
Filter opinions by court and decision date
Find federal cases filed within a date range

Questions

Is Fous affiliated with CourtListener?

No. Fous is not affiliated with CourtListener. This workflow reads the public courtlistener.com website and returns its data.

How much does it cost?

Each run costs 1 credit. With pay-as-you-go, a credit costs 1¢; monthly plans cost less per credit.

Do I need a CourtListener account?

No. You only need a Fous account.

How current is the data?

Fous gets the data from courtlistener.com when you run it; repeating the same request within a day may return the saved result. Fous checks this workflow automatically; it last passed a check on Sep 29, 2026.