PACER Court Records

Federal court case metadata from 15 major district courts, updated daily

Structured federal court case metadata sourced from PACER via the CourtListener API. Covers 15 major US district courts including SDNY, CDCA, NDCA, and EDTX. Includes case title, parties, nature of suit, filing date, and court designation. Updated daily.

x402 API — $0.50/search, $0.13/lookup Snowflake — $0.75/search, $0.195/lookup Databricks — $0.60/search, $0.156/lookup

Use cases

✓ Litigation monitoring and early case detection
✓ Competitive intelligence on patent/IP disputes
✓ Due diligence for M&A and investment
✓ Legal analytics and court trend analysis
✓ Party and entity risk assessment

Data fields

Field	Type	Description
case_id	string	Unique case identifier
court	string	Court code (e.g. cacd, nysd, txed)
case_name	string	Full case title (parties)
date_filed	date	Date the case was filed
nature_of_suit	string	Nature of suit classification
cause	string	Cause of action
jury_demand	string	Jury demand status
jurisdiction_type	string	Jurisdiction type (federal, diversity, etc.)
assigned_to	string	Assigned judge

Example queries

Search cases by party name

GET /api/v1/pacer/cases?party=Google&court=cacd

Returns cases involving Google in the Central District of California

Look up a specific case

GET /api/v1/pacer/cases/12345

Returns full metadata for a single case

Browse free sample data

GET /api/v1/pacer/sample

Returns 20 recent public case summaries (free, no auth)

Data source

CourtListener / PACER

Update frequency: Daily