lookup_citation
Pack: court-listener · Endpoint: https://gateway.pipeworx.io/court-listener/mcp
Resolve a US reporter citation such as “410 U.S. 113” or “347 U.S. 483” to the case it refers to, with name, filing date, judges and citation count. Reads our hosted CourtListener mirror — no API key. Use when a brief, opinion or article cites a case by reporter and you need to know which case that is.
Parameters
| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
citation | string | yes | Reporter citation: volume, reporter, page. E.g. “410 U.S. 113”. |
Example call
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/court-listener/mcp \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"lookup_citation","arguments":{}}}'Connect
Add this to your MCP client config, or use one-click install buttons:
{
"mcpServers": {
"court-listener": {
"url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/court-listener/mcp"
}
}
}See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.