aid: courtlistener
name: CourtListener
image: https://storage.courtlistener.com/static/png/og-image-1200x630.7f25387a570b.png
description: Free Law Project is a nonprofit organization that provides free access to legal information and tools. It operates CourtListener,
  a comprehensive searchable database of United States court opinions, oral arguments, and other legal documents, along with related services
  such as RECAP and Bots.law. The platform aims to make the legal ecosystem more equitable and competitive by leveraging technology and open data.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/courtlistener/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
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specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-09-21'
modified: '2026-09-21'
tags:
- Legal
- Nonprofit
- OpenData
- CourtListener
- FreeLaw
apis:
- name: CourtListener API
  description: API for CourtListener legal data access
  humanURL: https://www.courtlistener.com/
  baseURL: null
  aid: courtlistener:courtlistener-api
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
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  - url: https://www.courtlistener.com/openapi.json
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common:
- type: WellKnown
  url: well-known/courtlistener-well-known.yml
- type: Support
  url: https://www.courtlistener.com/help/
- type: Login
  url: https://www.courtlistener.com/sign-in/?next=/?
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/courtlistener-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.courtlistener.com/
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