find_citing_opinions
AI agents call find_citing_opinions to retrieve information from CourtListener MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool appears to search for or retrieve citing opinions from CourtListener's legal database. The verb 'find' combined with 'opinions' strongly suggests a read-only query operation. Sibling tools like 'advanced_legal_search', 'analyze_citation_network', and 'get_opinion' confirm this server's focus is on retrieving and analyzing legal data without modification.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'find_citing_opinions' indicates retrieval of opinions that cite a reference; description is empty but naming convention suggests data query rather than modification.
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find_citing_opinions. It is categorised as a Read tool in the CourtListener MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the CourtListener MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for find_citing_opinions: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches CourtListener MCP Server. Nothing to install.
find_citing_opinions is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the find_citing_opinions rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for find_citing_opinions. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
find_citing_opinions is provided by the CourtListener MCP Server MCP server (upsd1/courtlistener-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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