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Courts

Get Courts by Jurisdiction

Lists all the active and inactive courts for a Jurisdiction. Note that federal bankruptcy courts are separate from federal courts.

get/api/v1/jurisdictions/{jurisdiction_key}/courts

Path parameters

jurisdiction_keystring required

Example:FED

Two to three letter Jurisdiction Key. FED for federal and generally, the postal abbreviation for most U.S. states and territories.

Response

List Courts by Jurisdiction

keystring

Unique identifier for the court

jurisdictionstring

Two to three letter Jurisdiction Key. FED for federal and generally, the postal abbreviation for most U.S. states and territories.

parent_court_keystring nullable

Parent court key if applicable

namestring

short_namestring

abbreviationstring

start_datestring date nullable

Nullable ISO 8601 Date

end_datestring date nullable

Nullable ISO 8601 Date

Example response

[
  {
    "key": "scotus",
    "jurisdiction": "FED",
    "name": "Supreme Court of the United States",
    "short_name": "Supreme Court",
    "abbreviation": "SCOTUS",
    "start_date": "1776-04-01",
    "end_date": "1776-04-01"
  }
]