US Court Opinions and Citations
GET x402-filings.datalayer.workers.dev/v1/legal/court-cases
Why an agent can trust this route.
Sonar evidence is advisory. Paid delivery is shown as verified only when paid probes are available; otherwise route estimates use the unpaid handshake as a clearly labeled proxy.
Observed outcomes
Search US federal and state court opinions from CourtListener. Query by party name, topic or citation and get the case name, court, jurisdiction, docket number, filing date, reporter citations and — the field that separates a landmark from a footnote — how many later opinions have cited it. Filter by court and filing date.
Resource: x402-filings.datalayer.workers.dev/v1/legal/court-cases
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