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Start exploring the data! Here are some tools you can use to check it out.
Start exploring the data! Here are some tools you can use to check it out.
Search

Search cases with an intuitive, powerful search engine interface.

Search cases with an intuitive, powerful search engine interface.

search see docs
Tools

Our Tools Page shows the rest of the tools offered by CAP.

Our Tools Page will show you the rest of the great tools offered by CAP.

Tools
API

The API allows users to browse and download cases using a few short commands.

The API allows users to browse and download cases using a few short commands.

API see docs

Download zip files of our open jurisdictions and other bulk exports.

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Historical Trends

Historical Trends lets you visualize the use of terms over time in caselaw.

Trends see docs
TOOLS
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Image: Brooks Kraft/Harvard Law School
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Image: Brooks Kraft/Harvard Law School

Gallery

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See some early experiments made possible by the opening up of caselaw data.
See some early experiments made possible by the opening up of caselaw data.
Limericks
Limericks

Generate rhymes using caselaw!

see project
Wordclouds
Wordclouds

Graphics showcasing the most-used words in California caselaw each year between 1852 and 2015.

see project
Gavelfury
Gavelfury

See all instances of "!"

see project
Witchcraft
Witchcraft

See all instances of "witchcraft" charted out on the U.S. map.

see project
Gallery

Is that she!

—Gavelfury

The reach of the indemnity clause.
Payment is not expected because.
The defendant contends.
The defendants were friends.
The same is true of quarantine laws.

—A caselaw limerick

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What's been written about Caselaw Access Project around the web
Some content about Caselaw Access Project around the web

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