Summary

Court identifiers are what make the search precise.

The `court` argument takes CourtListener's own codes, and using them is the difference between a targeted answer and a national sweep — `scotus` and `ca9` narrow the result set far more effectively than adding words to the query. Note what the docket tool is reading: RECAP is crowd-sourced PACER data, so it is broad but not a guarantee that every docket in a case is present.

What it is

A hosted server over CourtListener, the open collection of US court data maintained by the Free Law Project. Three tools cover the three things legal research usually starts from: what a court decided, what is on a case's docket, and who the judge is.

What you get

`court_search_opinions` searches opinions across all US jurisdictions by `query`, with optional `court` (identifiers like `scotus`, `ca9`, `nysd`), date range and `limit` (default 20), returning case name, date filed, citation, docket number, an excerpt and a URL to the full opinion
`court_search_dockets` searches the RECAP archive of PACER records, returning case name, docket number, date filed, the parties involved and a docket URL
`court_search_judges` returns judge name, court, appointment date, appointing president, born and died dates, and education history
Coverage spans SCOTUS, the circuit courts and the district courts

Requirements

Nothing to install and no API key. Add it as a URL-type entry pointing at `https://court-records-mcp.apify.actor/mcp`. Published as court-records-mcp version 0.1.0. Each tool call costs $0.01, with no subscription and no monthly fee.