`find_case`

Pack: court-listener · Endpoint: https://gateway.pipeworx.io/court-listener/mcp

Find a US court case BY NAME and get its citations, filing date, judges and how often it has been cited. Searches 8.3 million opinions across 3,361 courts — no API key, no rate limit. Ranked by citation count, so the leading case for a name comes first. Use this when you know what the case is CALLED; use search_opinions when you only know the TOPIC.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`name`	string	yes	Case name or a distinctive party, e.g. “Roe v. Wade” or “Sullivan”.
`limit`	number	no	Maximum cases to return (1-25, default 5).

Example call

Arguments

{
  "name": "Roe v. Wade",
  "limit": 3
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/court-listener/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"find_case","arguments":{"name":"Roe v. Wade","limit":3}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const pipeworx = new Pipeworx();

const result = await pipeworx.call('find_case', {
  "name": "Roe v. Wade",
  "limit": 3
});

Connect

Add this to your MCP client config, or use one-click install buttons:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "court-listener": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/court-listener/mcp"
    }
  }
}

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

find_case