find_cited_cases

MCP tool from Legal MCP by Mahender22

Find cases that an opinion relies on

How to use it

Project documentation lists find_cited_cases for the Legal MCP MCP server. Add the server to your MCP client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf and others), then check which tools your installed version makes available. Tool availability can depend on configuration and credentials. A server handshake does not verify this tool’s behavior. See the full listing for setup details.

Install Legal MCP

$claude mcp add legal-mcp /path/to/legal-mcp-env/bin/legal-mcp
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