search_case_law
Search 4M+ US court opinions by topic, court, date range
How to use it
search_case_law is exposed by the Legal MCP MCP server. Add the server to your MCP client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf and others), and the search_case_law tool becomes available to the model automatically. See the full listing for setup details and every tool this server provides.
Install Legal MCP
claude mcp add legal-mcp /path/to/legal-mcp-env/bin/legal-mcpOther tools in Legal MCP (17)
Find cases that an opinion relies on
Find cases that cite a specific opinion
Hearings, deadlines, and meetings
Get full opinion text for a specific case
Get docket — parties, judges, procedural history
Get docket entries and filings
Get case details from PACER
Full matter info — client, billing, deadlines
Documents attached to a matter
Tasks and to-dos for a matter
Billable hours by matter, attorney, date range
List all 400+ courts and their codes
Decode reporter abbreviations (U.S., F.3d, etc.)
Parse Bluebook citations from any text
Search contacts by name, email, phone
Search PACER for federal court cases
Search matters by number, description, status