API Capabilities
Capabilities
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Statutes and Regulations
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Retrieve statutes and regulation text and metadata by Bluebook citation
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Get a deep-link to the legal text on a lightly branded OpenLaws webpage
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BM25 Keyword Search in law names, body, and annotations for maximum accuracy
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Drilldown API (Division by
path) to build legal research and law browsing functionality in your product -
Retrieve Markdown rich text with structured data for nested ordered lists for pincite/parenthetical citations
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(Enterprise) Retrieve rendered HTML with TailwindCSS style for embedding into your web interfaces
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(Enterprise) Retrieve Divisions that have changed after a provided date (within the last 90 days) within a
path.
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Published case law opinions (plaintext only)
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Search by Bluebook citations (volume number + reporter + first page number)
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BM25 Keyword search
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Filter by:
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Jurisdiction
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Court
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Filed Date
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Federal circuit
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Currently in Development
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Non-Bluebook citation parsing to parse state-specific citations formats (ex: Texas Greenbook, NY Tanbook, California Style Manual) and federal agency formats (ex: IRC and FAR)
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Standardized Bluebook citations for all “leaf” Divisions
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Search within a Title or Compilation
Currently in User Research
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Semantic search API
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Court Rules for Top 10 Jurisdictions
Last Updated as of March 24, 2026