API Reference on Lex Machina Developer Portal

Querying Appeals Cases

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Creating Appeals Queries for the Lex Machina API

Overview

The Lex Machina API now allows for querying of appelate case data. It works similarly to the federal district queries and the state queries. For the purposes of this article, only the parts that differ from federal district queries will be discussed. For querying on the participants and such topics, please refer to the district query article. That will also explain the basics of operations such as the include and exclude, the date operators, etc.

Querying District Cases

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Creating District Queries for the Lex Machina API

Overview

The Lex Machina data set is a curated and normalized set of federal district cases. As such, there are many attributes and participants on which you can query it. This flexibility brings with it some complexity. In this article, we will unravel this complexity, and enable you to enrich your applications through Lex Machina’s API.

The query endpoint is /query-district-cases and this is a POST request. The body of the POST will be a JSON structure of a form similar to this:

Querying State Cases

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Creating State Queries for the Lex Machina API

Overview

The Lex Machina API now allows for querying of some state case data as of general availability. In many ways it works the same as the federal district queries. For the purposes of this article, only the parts that differ will be discussed. For querying on the participants and such topics, please refer to the district query article. That will also explain the basics of operations such as the include and exclude, the date operators, etc.