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Oyez provides Supreme Court cases, oral arguments and opinions, with case summaries, decisions and votes; some voting, citation, audio or decision details are unavailable.

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Get an Oyez Supreme Court case summary, decision and votes from its name or case link. Some cases lack structured voting records, citations or argument audio.

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Case

Case name or Oyez case link, for example Brown v. Board of Education or https://www.oyez.org/cases/2021/19-1392.

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TermOptional

Supreme Court term year to choose between similar names, for example 1953. Omit to choose the closest matching case.

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Example results

Term: 1953
Citation: 347 U.S. 483 (1954)
Decision: for Brown et al.
Question: Does the segregation of public education based solely on race violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment?
Case Name: Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1)
Oyez Link: oyez.org
Conclusion: Separate but equal educational facilities for racial minorities is inherently unequal, violating the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Chief Justice Earl Warren delivered the opinion of the unanimous Court. The Supreme Court held that “separate but equal” facilities are inherently unequal and violate the protections of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. The Court reasoned that the segregation of public education based on race instilled a sense of inferiority that had a hugely detrimental effect on the education and personal growth of African American children. Warren based much of his opinion on information from social science studies rather than court precedent. The decision also used language that was relatively accessible to non-lawyers because Warren felt it was necessary for all Americans to understand its logic.
Vote Split: 9-0
Date Argued: 1952-12-09
Lower Court: Federal district court
Date Decided: 1954-05-17
Docket Number: 1
Facts of the Case: This case was the consolidation of cases arising in Kansas, South Carolina, Virginia, Delaware, and Washington D.C. relating to the segregation of public schools on the basis of race. In each of the cases, African American students had been denied admittance to certain public schools based on laws allowing public education to be segregated by race. They argued that such segregation violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. The plaintiffs were denied relief in the lower courts based on Plessy v. Ferguson , which held that racially segregated public facilities were legal so long as the facilities for blacks and whites were equal. (This was known as the “separate but equal” doctrine.)
Majority Opinion Author: Earl Warren
Justice Votes: Justice Votes
Name Vote
Earl Warren
majority
Hugo L. Black
majority
Stanley Reed
majority
Felix Frankfurter
majority
William O. Douglas
majority
Robert H. Jackson
majority
Harold Burton
majority
Tom C. Clark
majority
Sherman Minton
majority
Argument Audio Links: None

Justice Votes
Name	Vote
Earl Warren	majority
Hugo L. Black	majority
Stanley Reed	majority
Felix Frankfurter	majority
William O. Douglas	majority
Robert H. Jackson	majority
Harold Burton	majority
Tom C. Clark	majority
Sherman Minton	majority

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About Oyez

Oyez, also called The Oyez Project, returns case summaries, decisions, and votes from a case name or Oyez case link.

List term cases returns cases for a Supreme Court term year, optionally filtered by status.

Built by Fous from oyez.org and checked automatically; it last passed a check on Sep 29, 2026. Fous is not affiliated with Oyez.

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Get supreme court case

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Get an Oyez Supreme Court case summary, decision and votes from its name or case link. Some cases lack structured voting records, citations or argument audio.

What you provide

Field	Type	Required	Description
Case`case`	Text	Required	Case name or Oyez case link, for example Brown v. Board of Education or https://www.oyez.org/cases/2021/19-1392.Example: Brown v. Board of Education
Term`term`	Number	Optional	Supreme Court term year to choose between similar names, for example 1953. Omit to choose the closest matching case.Example: 1954

What you get

Field	Type	Description
Term`term`	Text	Example: 1953
Citation`citation`	Text	Example: 347 U.S. 483 (1954)
Decision`decision`	Text	Example: for Brown et al.
Question`question`	Text	Example: Does the segregation of public education based solely on race violate the…
Case Name`case_name`	Text	Example: Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1)
Oyez Link`oyez_link`	Text	Example: https://www.oyez.org/cases/1940-1955/347us483
Conclusion`conclusion`	Text
Vote Split`vote_split`	Text	Example: 9-0
Date Argued`date_argued`	Date	Example: 1952-12-09
Lower Court`lower_court`	Text	Example: Federal district court
Date Decided`date_decided`	Date	Example: 1954-05-17
Docket Number`docket_number`	Text	Example: 1
Justice Votes`justice_votes`	List
Name`justice_votes[].name`	Text	Example: Earl Warren
Vote`justice_votes[].vote`	Text	Example: Majority
Facts of the Case`facts_of_the_case`	Text	Example: After its decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka ( Brown I ), which…
Argument Audio Links`argument_audio_links`	List
Majority Opinion Author`majority_opinion_author`	Text	Example: Earl Warren

Example result

For Case: Brown v. Board of Education

JSON

{
  "term": "1953",
  "citation": "347 U.S. 483 (1954)",
  "decision": "for Brown et al.",
  "question": "Does the segregation of public education based solely on race violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment?",
  "case_name": "Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1)",
  "oyez_link": "https://www.oyez.org/cases/1940-1955/347us483",
  "conclusion": "Separate but equal educational facilities for racial minorities is inherently unequal, violating the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Chief Justice Earl Warren delivered the opinio…",
  "vote_split": "9-0",
  "date_argued": "1952-12-09",
  "lower_court": "Federal district court",
  "date_decided": "1954-05-17",
  "docket_number": "1",
  "justice_votes": [
    {
      "name": "Earl Warren",
      "vote": "majority"
    },
    {
      "name": "Hugo L. Black",
      "vote": "majority"
    },
    {
      "name": "Stanley Reed",
      "vote": "majority"
    }
  ],
  "facts_of_the_case": "This case was the consolidation of cases arising in Kansas, South Carolina, Virginia, Delaware, and Washington D.C. relating to the segregation of public schools on the basis of race. In each of the c…",
  "argument_audio_links": [],
  "majority_opinion_author": "Earl Warren"
}

List term cases

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List Oyez Supreme Court cases for a term, sorted by argument date then name. Decision dates and vote splits are blank where Oyez does not provide them.

What you provide

Field	Type	Required	Description
Term`term`	Number	Required	Year the Supreme Court term began, for example 2023 for the October 2023 term.Example: 2023
Status`status`	Text	Optional	Choose all, decided, argued_not_decided, or not_yet_argued; for example, decided.Example: Argued not decided

What you get

Field	Type	Description
Cases`cases`	List	Supreme Court cases for the selected term and status.
Link`cases[].link`	Link	Example: https://www.oyez.org/cases/2025/25a312
Status`cases[].status`	Text	Example: Argued, not decided
Question`cases[].question`	Text	Example: Should the Court stay a district court injunction preventing the President…
Case Name`cases[].case_name`	Text	Example: Trump v. Cook
Vote Split`cases[].vote_split`	Text	Majority-minority split, when available.
Date Argued`cases[].date_argued`	Date	Example: 2026-01-21
Date Decided`cases[].date_decided`	Date
Docket Number`cases[].docket_number`	Text	Example: 25A312

Example result

For Term: 2025, Status: Argued not decided

JSON

{
  "cases": [
    {
      "link": "https://www.oyez.org/cases/2025/25a312",
      "status": "Argued, not decided",
      "question": "Should the Court stay a district court injunction preventing the President from removing a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors \"for cause\" based on pre-appointment conduct without prior n…",
      "case_name": "Trump v. Cook",
      "vote_split": null,
      "date_argued": "2026-01-21",
      "date_decided": null,
      "docket_number": "25A312"
    },
    {
      "link": "https://www.oyez.org/cases/2025/25-83",
      "status": "Argued, not decided",
      "question": "Does a federal court that initially exercises jurisdiction and stays a case pending arbitration maintain jurisdiction over a post-arbitration Section 9 or 10 application where jurisdiction would other…",
      "case_name": "Jules v. Andre Balazs Properties",
      "vote_split": null,
      "date_argued": "2026-03-30",
      "date_decided": null,
      "docket_number": "25-83"
    }
  ]
}

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  --fail-with-body --silent --show-error --max-time 120 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $FOUS_API_KEY" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data-raw '{
  "api": "@oyez",
  "visibility": "public",
  "operation": "get_supreme_court_case",
  "version": 1,
  "input": {
    "case": "Brown v. Board of Education"
  },
  "response": {
    "format": "json"
  }
}'

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Review Supreme Court case summaries and decisions
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