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CourtListener

Free legal search engine for case law, PACER documents, and oral arguments.

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About

CourtListener is a free legal research platform containing millions of legal opinions from federal and state courts across 471 jurisdictions. It allows lawyers, journalists, academics, and the general public to search case law, set up alerts, and access PACER documents and oral arguments. The platform is developed and sponsored by Free Law Project, a non-profit focused on open access to legal materials.

Problem

Accessing and monitoring primary legal materials like case law and court documents is difficult and often expensive.

For

lawyers, journalists, academics, and the general public researching legal cases

How it works

CourtListener indexes millions of court opinions and documents, making them searchable by case name, topic, or citation, with automated alerts for updates.

Business model

free

Status

launched

Company

Free Law Project

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