Leagle

Leagle is a legal research platform providing primary case law from United States federal and state courts.

Key features and functions include:

Primary Case Law Database
Provides access to published and unpublished decisions from all U.S. federal courts and all state courts of last resort and intermediate appellate courts, with historical coverage extending to 1792 for the U.S. Supreme Court and to 1950 for state appellate courts.

Verification Process
Each decision is checked against its official court record as many as six times throughout its lifecycle, combining manual review with automated checks to confirm accuracy before and after publication.

Rapid Sourcing and Updating
Slip opinions are collected from more than 500 court and bulletin board sources and added to the database within 24 hours of public release, with coverage spanning federal and state courts, including Tax Court and Bankruptcy Court records.

Standardized Data Format
All decisions are delivered in XML format according to a single Document Type Definition, with official citations and pagination included once final versions are published.

Content Licensing and Data Delivery
Offers bulk licensing of its case law database and can establish direct content pipelines to customer systems for organizations that require ongoing data feeds.