search_case_law

MCP tool from Legal MCP by Mahender22

Search 4M+ US court opinions by topic, court, date range

How to use it

Project documentation lists search_case_law 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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get_calendar

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get_case_details

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get_case_record

Get docket — parties, judges, procedural history

get_court_filings

Get docket entries and filings

get_federal_case

Get case details from PACER

get_matter_details

Full matter info — client, billing, deadlines

get_matter_documents

Documents attached to a matter

get_matter_tasks

Tasks and to-dos for a matter

get_time_entries

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list_available_courts

List all 400+ courts and their codes

list_reporter_abbreviations

Decode reporter abbreviations (U.S., F.3d, etc.)

parse_legal_citations

Parse Bluebook citations from any text

search_clients

Search contacts by name, email, phone

search_federal_cases

Search PACER for federal court cases

search_matters

Search matters by number, description, status