Get Court

GET

api

courts

{district_id}

curl 'https://api.courtrules.app/api/v1/courts/ca-los-angeles-superior' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"

import requests

resp = requests.get(
    "https://api.courtrules.app/api/v1/courts/ca-los-angeles-superior",
    headers={"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"},
)
court = resp.json()

const resp = await fetch("https://api.courtrules.app/api/v1/courts/ca-los-angeles-superior", {
  headers: { Authorization: "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" },
});
const court = await resp.json();

{
  "district_id": "ca-los-angeles-superior",
  "name": "Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles",
  "circuit": null,
  "state": "California",
  "status": "live",
  "judges_mapped": 116
}

Returns one court’s circuit, state, coverage status, and roster size. Works for every court in /courts, federal or state.

string

required

Court identifier (e.g. edny, ca-los-angeles-superior)

curl 'https://api.courtrules.app/api/v1/courts/ca-los-angeles-superior' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"

import requests

resp = requests.get(
    "https://api.courtrules.app/api/v1/courts/ca-los-angeles-superior",
    headers={"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"},
)
court = resp.json()

const resp = await fetch("https://api.courtrules.app/api/v1/courts/ca-los-angeles-superior", {
  headers: { Authorization: "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" },
});
const court = await resp.json();

{
  "district_id": "ca-los-angeles-superior",
  "name": "Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles",
  "circuit": null,
  "state": "California",
  "status": "live",
  "judges_mapped": 116
}

Response fields

string

Unique court identifier

string

Full court name

string | null

Federal circuit (e.g. “2nd Circuit”). null for state courts.

string | null

State or territory. null for courts not tied to one state.

string

live when rules are available, coming_soon when the court is mapped but has no rules yet

integer

Number of current judges on the court’s roster

integer

Number of judges with compliance profiles used by /check. Only present for courts with compliance profiles (edny today).

Error responses

404: Court not found

Returned when the court ID is not recognized.

404

{
  "error": "District 'xyz' not found.",
  "suggestion": "Use GET /api/v1/courts to list all valid district identifiers.",
  "docs_url": "https://docs.courtrules.app/api-reference/courts/list-courts"
}

curl 'https://api.courtrules.app/api/v1/courts/ca-los-angeles-superior' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"

import requests

resp = requests.get(
    "https://api.courtrules.app/api/v1/courts/ca-los-angeles-superior",
    headers={"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"},
)
court = resp.json()

const resp = await fetch("https://api.courtrules.app/api/v1/courts/ca-los-angeles-superior", {
  headers: { Authorization: "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" },
});
const court = await resp.json();

{
  "district_id": "ca-los-angeles-superior",
  "name": "Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles",
  "circuit": null,
  "state": "California",
  "status": "live",
  "judges_mapped": 116
}

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404: Court not found

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Error responses

404: Court not found