# court_case_search

Search federal and state court opinions by keyword, court, judge, party name, or date range. Returns case summaries with citations.

Agent View of the PolicyLayer registry record for `court_case_search`. HTML page: https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-blackboxfoundry-livedatalink/court-case-search

## Facts

- Tool: `court_case_search`
- Server: Livedatalink (`https://livedatalink.ai/mcp`) — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-blackboxfoundry-livedatalink.md
- Homepage: https://github.com/blackboxfoundry/livedatalink
- Risk category: Read (Low risk)
- Registry record: grade F, identity unverified
- Server auth posture: open
- Server CORS policy: *
- Server rate-limited: no
- Parameters: 7
- Recommended policy verdict: Allowed

## Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `court` | string | no | Court ID, e.g. 'scotus', 'ca9', 'nysd'. |
| `judge` | string | no | Judge name filter. |
| `limit` | number | no | Max results (1-50, default 10). |
| `party` | string | no | Party name filter. |
| `query` | string | no | Free-text search query. |
| `date_filed_after` | string | no | ISO date YYYY-MM-DD. |
| `date_filed_before` | string | no | ISO date YYYY-MM-DD. |

Parameters from the server's own tool schema.

## Example call (MCP tools/call, JSON-RPC 2.0)

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "court_case_search",
    "arguments": {}
  }
}
```

## Why court_case_search is rated Low

This tool queries a public court records database and returns information. It has no side effects on the data, does not execute code or commands, and does not create, modify, or delete records. The search-and-return pattern is characteristic of Read category tools.

From the tool's own definition: "Tool description states it 'Search[es]' court opinions and 'Returns case summaries with citations' — purely retrieval operations with no modification, deletion, or execution of external code."

## Use case

AI agents call court_case_search to retrieve information from Livedatalink without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

## Recommended policy (PolicyLayer)

Verdict: **Allowed**. Enforced by the PolicyLayer MCP gateway (https://policylayer.com/mcp-gateway) before a call reaches Livedatalink:

```json
{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "court_case_search": {}
  }
}
```

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