CourtListener
Free legal search engine for case law, PACER documents, and oral arguments.
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.
CourtListener indexes millions of court opinions and documents, making them searchable by case name, topic, or citation, with automated alerts for updates.
lawyers, journalists, academics, and the general public researching legal cases
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- Status
- launched
- Business model
- free
- Company
- Free Law Project
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