> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.case.dev/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# List federal and state courts

> Returns court IDs (slugs) and names for use with the docket search endpoint. Use the returned court ID as the `court` parameter in legal.docket().



## OpenAPI

````yaml /openapi.json post /legal/v1/courts
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Case.dev API
  description: >-
    The AI-native platform for legal technology. Build smarter legal
    applications with our suite of AI-powered APIs.
  version: 1.0.0
  contact:
    name: Case.dev Support
    email: support@casemark.com
    url: https://case.dev
  license:
    name: Proprietary
    url: https://case.dev/terms
servers:
  - url: https://api.case.dev
    description: Production
security:
  - bearerAuth: []
tags:
  - name: Vaults
    description: Secure document storage with semantic search and GraphRAG
  - name: Memory
    description: >-
      Persistent memory for AI agents with semantic search and 12 generic
      indexed tag fields
  - name: OCR
    description: Extract text from PDFs, images, and scanned documents
  - name: Voice
    description: Audio transcription and text-to-speech
  - name: LLMs
    description: Access 40+ language models through a unified API
  - name: Search
    description: Web search and AI answers
  - name: Mail
    description: Managed inboxes for agent email workflows
  - name: Media
    description: Transcript retrieval and captioned media clip generation
  - name: Legal
    description: Legal research tools including citation verification
  - name: Privilege
    description: Privilege detection for e-discovery and litigation workflows
  - name: Compute
    description: Serverless GPU and CPU infrastructure
  - name: Format
    description: Document formatting and template rendering (MD/JSON to PDF/DOCX)
  - name: SuperDoc
    description: Document conversion and template automation
  - name: Webhooks
    description: Webhook endpoint management
  - name: System
    description: Public system metadata and discovery endpoints
  - name: Usage
    description: Usage reporting and webhook subscriptions
  - name: Database
    description: Serverless PostgreSQL databases with instant branching
  - name: Translation
    description: Language detection and translation for multilingual legal workflows
  - name: Skills
    description: Search and read legal AI skills for agents
  - name: Agents
    description: >-
      Create, manage, and execute AI agents with tool access, sandbox
      environments, and async run workflows
  - name: Matters
    description: Matter-native legal workspaces and orchestration primitives
  - name: Connectors
    description: Import and export between provider folders (Google Drive) and vaults
  - name: Applications Projects
    description: Web application project management
  - name: Applications Deployments
    description: Web application deployment management
  - name: Applications Domains
    description: Custom domain configuration for applications
  - name: Applications Env Vars
    description: Environment variable management for applications
paths:
  /legal/v1/courts:
    post:
      tags:
        - Legal
      summary: List federal and state courts
      description: >-
        Returns court IDs (slugs) and names for use with the docket search
        endpoint. Use the returned court ID as the `court` parameter in
        legal.docket().
      operationId: legalListCourts
      requestBody:
        description: Court lookup options
        required: false
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                query:
                  type: string
                  description: >-
                    Search by court name or slug (e.g. "Northern District",
                    "nysd", "ca9")
                  minLength: 2
                  maxLength: 100
                jurisdiction:
                  type: string
                  description: >-
                    Optional jurisdiction code filter (e.g. FD for Federal
                    District, F for all Federal, S for State)
                inUseOnly:
                  type: boolean
                  default: true
                  description: Only return courts with available docket data
                limit:
                  type: integer
                  minimum: 1
                  maximum: 100
                  default: 25
                  description: Maximum number of courts to return
                offset:
                  type: integer
                  minimum: 0
                  default: 0
                  description: Number of courts to skip before returning results
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Court list retrieved successfully
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  query:
                    type: string
                    nullable: true
                  jurisdiction:
                    type: string
                    nullable: true
                  inUseOnly:
                    type: boolean
                    description: Whether results are filtered to in-use courts only
                  found:
                    type: integer
                  courts:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      type: object
                      properties:
                        id:
                          type: string
                          description: >-
                            Court slug (use as the court parameter in
                            legal.docket())
                        shortName:
                          type: string
                          nullable: true
                        fullName:
                          type: string
                          nullable: true
                        jurisdiction:
                          type: string
                          nullable: true
                        pacerCourtId:
                          type: integer
                          nullable: true
        '400':
          description: Bad request - invalid parameters
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized - invalid API key
        '403':
          description: Forbidden - insufficient permissions
components:
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: API Key
      description: API key starting with `sk_case_`

````