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courtlistener-mcp-server

Search US court opinions, federal dockets, judges, citations, and oral arguments via CourtListener.

Endpoint URL
https://courtlistener.caseyjhand.com/mcp
Current status
responds
Last checked
Aug 17, 2026, 05:01 AM UTC
Check
MCP initialize · 8s limit
Latency
209 ms
Response record
4 of 4 rounds
Transport
streamable-http
Source
mcp_registry
Registry name
io.github.cyanheads/courtlistener-mcp-server

Current observation

This endpoint answered at its latest recorded check.

What this server reports about itself

Self-reported at initialize. Not verified by Licium.

Server name
courtlistener-mcp-server
Version
0.7.0
Capability keys
logging, resources, tools, prompts
Instructions excerpt

CourtListener MCP server — access 9M+ US court opinions, RECAP federal dockets, judge records, citation networks, and oral arguments. - Start with courtlistener_lookup_courts to discover court IDs before filtering searches - CourtListener publishes free-tier limits of 5 req/min, 50/hr, 125/day, but actual limits vary by token tier — pace multi-hop workflows and honor the Retry-After returned on a 429 - courtlistener_lookup_citation resolves citation strings (e.g., "410 U.S. 113") to cluster IDs - courtlistener_get_citations traces precedent networks (direction="cited_by" for downstream influence)

Reported Aug 17, 2026, 05:01 AM UTC.

Check history

Oldest to newest. Each row is one recorded check.

  1. responds
    MCP initialize · 8s limit · HTTP 200 · 71ms
  2. responds
    MCP initialize · 8s limit · HTTP 200 · 791ms
  3. responds
    MCP initialize · 8s limit · HTTP 200 · 265ms
  4. responds
    MCP initialize · 8s limit · HTTP 200 · 209ms
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