MCP Server for court decisions, case law, and legal research — CourtListener (3M+ cases) and EUR-Lex
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# Legal Court MCP Server MCP Server for court decisions, case law, and legal research. Gives AI agents access to **3M+ US court decisions** via CourtListener and **EU legislation** via EUR-Lex. ## Tools | Tool | Description | |------|-------------| | `search_cases` | Search 3M+ US court decisions by keyword | | `get_case_details` | Get full case details (judges, citations, opinion text) | | `search_by_citation` | Find a case by legal citation (e.g. "410 U.S. 113") | | `get_court_info` | Information about a specific court | | `search_judges` | Search judges by name | | `search_eu_law` | Search EU legislation and case law via EUR-Lex | ## Installation ```bash pip install legal-court-mcp-server ``` ## Usage with Claude Desktop Add to your `claude_desktop_config.json`: ```json { "mcpServers": { "legal-court": { "command": "legal-court-server" } } } ``` Or with uvx (no install needed): ```json { "mcpServers": { "legal-court": { "command": "uvx", "args": ["legal-court-mcp-server"] } } } ``` ## Data Sources - **CourtListener** — Free, open database of 3M+ US court opinions. No API key needed. - **EUR-Lex** — Official EU law database with regulations, directives, and case law. ## Examples ``` search_cases("free speech first amendment") search_cases("copyright fair use", court="scotus") search_by_citation("347 U.S. 483") # Brown v. Board of Education get_court_info("scotus") search_judges("Ruth Bader Ginsburg") search_eu_law("artificial intelligence regulation") ``` ## License MIT
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