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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

pip install legal-court-mcp-server

Usage with Claude Desktop

Add to your claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "legal-court": {
      "command": "legal-court-server"
    }
  }
}

Or with uvx (no install needed):

{
  "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

Metadata

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