Get Rules

GET

api

rules

curl 'https://api.courtrules.app/api/v1/rules?judge_slug=gary-r-brown&district_id=edny&document_scope=brief_support&motion_type=Rule_56' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"

{
  "judge": {
    "slug": "gary-r-brown",
    "name": "Gary R. Brown"
  },
  "rules": {
    "frcp": [
      {
        "rule_key": "FormatConstraint:caption",
        "citation": "FRCP 10(a)",
        "label": "Federal Rules of Civil Procedure",
        "summary": "Every pleading must include a caption with court name, case title, docket number, and document designation.",
        "severity": "CRITICAL"
      },
      {
        "rule_key": "DocumentRequirement:sj_no_genuine_dispute",
        "citation": "FRCP 56(a)",
        "label": "Federal Rules of Civil Procedure",
        "summary": "SJ motion must identify each claim/defense and show no genuine dispute of material fact.",
        "severity": "CRITICAL",
        "applies_to": ["Rule_56"]
      }
    ],
    "local_rules": [
      {
        "rule_key": "PageWordLimitRule:memo_support",
        "citation": "LR 7.1(c)",
        "label": "EDNY Local Civil Rule",
        "summary": "Support/opposition briefs: 8,750 words max. Reply briefs: 3,500 words max.",
        "severity": "CRITICAL",
        "applies_to": ["brief_support", "brief_opposition", "brief_reply"]
      }
    ],
    "standing_order": [
      {
        "category": "PAGE_LIMIT",
        "summary": "Brief Support limited to 20 pages",
        "source": "Brown SO §2.B"
      },
      {
        "category": "COURTESY_COPY",
        "summary": "Courtesy copy always required",
        "source": "Brown SO §1"
      },
      {
        "category": "PMC",
        "summary": "Pre-motion conference required. Letter <= 3pp.",
        "source": "Brown SO §3.A"
      },
      {
        "category": "BUNDLING",
        "summary": "Do NOT file until motion is fully briefed",
        "source": "Brown SO §3.B"
      }
    ]
  },
  "meta": {
    "total_rules": 25
  }
}

Returns the rules that apply to one judge. The response shape depends on the court:

Courts with compliance profiles (edny today): the hierarchical rule set used by /check, organized as FRCP, local rules, and standing order. Optionally filtered by document_scope and motion_type.
Every other court: the court-wide rules plus the judge’s own rules, each with the judge’s quoted source text and structured fields. See Courts without compliance profiles.

string

required

Judge slug from /judges (e.g. gary-r-brown, judge-teresa-a-beaudet). Use court for a court’s court-wide rules only.

string

required

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

string

Filter rules relevant to this document type. See Document Structure for values. Courts with compliance profiles only; other courts return 400.

string

Filter rules relevant to this motion type (e.g. Rule_56, discovery, Rule_12). Courts with compliance profiles only; other courts return 400.

curl 'https://api.courtrules.app/api/v1/rules?judge_slug=gary-r-brown&district_id=edny&document_scope=brief_support&motion_type=Rule_56' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"

{
  "judge": {
    "slug": "gary-r-brown",
    "name": "Gary R. Brown"
  },
  "rules": {
    "frcp": [
      {
        "rule_key": "FormatConstraint:caption",
        "citation": "FRCP 10(a)",
        "label": "Federal Rules of Civil Procedure",
        "summary": "Every pleading must include a caption with court name, case title, docket number, and document designation.",
        "severity": "CRITICAL"
      },
      {
        "rule_key": "DocumentRequirement:sj_no_genuine_dispute",
        "citation": "FRCP 56(a)",
        "label": "Federal Rules of Civil Procedure",
        "summary": "SJ motion must identify each claim/defense and show no genuine dispute of material fact.",
        "severity": "CRITICAL",
        "applies_to": ["Rule_56"]
      }
    ],
    "local_rules": [
      {
        "rule_key": "PageWordLimitRule:memo_support",
        "citation": "LR 7.1(c)",
        "label": "EDNY Local Civil Rule",
        "summary": "Support/opposition briefs: 8,750 words max. Reply briefs: 3,500 words max.",
        "severity": "CRITICAL",
        "applies_to": ["brief_support", "brief_opposition", "brief_reply"]
      }
    ],
    "standing_order": [
      {
        "category": "PAGE_LIMIT",
        "summary": "Brief Support limited to 20 pages",
        "source": "Brown SO §2.B"
      },
      {
        "category": "COURTESY_COPY",
        "summary": "Courtesy copy always required",
        "source": "Brown SO §1"
      },
      {
        "category": "PMC",
        "summary": "Pre-motion conference required. Letter <= 3pp.",
        "source": "Brown SO §3.A"
      },
      {
        "category": "BUNDLING",
        "summary": "Do NOT file until motion is fully briefed",
        "source": "Brown SO §3.B"
      }
    ]
  },
  "meta": {
    "total_rules": 25
  }
}

Response fields

object

Judge identification

object

Hierarchical rule set organized by source

Show Rules object

array

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure applicable to this context

array

District local rules applicable to this context

array

Judge-specific standing order rules

Filtering behavior

When document_scope and/or motion_type are provided, rules are filtered to show only those relevant to the specified context. Rules with no applies_to field are always included (they apply universally).

Courts without compliance profiles

For every court other than edny, the response carries two layers:

rules.court: court-wide rules that apply in every courtroom (local rules, general orders, court-wide filing requirements).
rules.judge: the judge’s own rules (standing orders, individual practices, courtroom rules).

Each rule has the same shape as a rule from /extracted-rules: a plain-English summary, the judge’s quoted source text, structured fields keyed by logic_type, a page or section citation, and the official source URL.

curl 'https://api.courtrules.app/api/v1/rules?district_id=ca-los-angeles-superior&judge_slug=judge-teresa-a-beaudet' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"

{
  "judge": {
    "slug": "judge-teresa-a-beaudet",
    "name": "Judge Teresa A. Beaudet",
    "status": "active"
  },
  "district_id": "ca-los-angeles-superior",
  "rules": {
    "court": [
      /* 188 court-wide rules */
    ],
    "judge": [
      {
        "rule_id": "0135e5a3-4c3d-4feb-bc55-5bb44aa36981",
        "district_id": "ca-los-angeles-superior",
        "judge_slug": "judge-teresa-a-beaudet",
        "source_url": "https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/web3/courthouse/api/courthouses/courtroom-information/courthouse/LAM/courtrooms/508/documents",
        "logic_type": "CourtesyCopyRule",
        "workflow_phase": "FILING",
        "content": {
          "summary": "Courtesy conformed copies of filings with points and authorities or exceeding 15 pages must be lodged in Dept. 508 on the filing date (next business day if efiled on a holiday or weekend).",
          "source_text": "Courtesy conformed copies of any filings with a points and authorities or that exceed 15 pages must be lodged in Dept. 508 on the date of filing or, if the filing is efiled on a holiday or weekend, on the next business day.",
          "structured_data": {
            "logic_type": "CourtesyCopyRule",
            "trigger": { "type": "page_threshold", "value": 15, "operator": ">" },
            "requirement": {
              "delivery_method": "chambers_drop_off",
              "delivery_timing": "upon_filing"
            }
          },
          "citation_source": { "page": 3 }
        }
      }
    ]
  },
  "meta": {
    "total_rules": 253,
    "court_rules": 188,
    "judge_rules": 65
  }
}

judge.status: active or coming_soon for judges on the current roster. inactive or retired means the judge has left the roster: rules.judge comes back empty, and rules.court still lists the court-wide rules. Response size: the court-wide layer is returned in full, which can be over a thousand rules in a large court. To page or filter by rule type, use /extracted-rules with judge_slug and logic_type.

Errors

Status	Meaning
`400`	Missing parameters, or `document_scope` / `motion_type` sent for a court without compliance profiles
`404`	The court or the judge is not known. List valid slugs with `/judges`.

curl 'https://api.courtrules.app/api/v1/rules?judge_slug=gary-r-brown&district_id=edny&document_scope=brief_support&motion_type=Rule_56' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"

{
  "judge": {
    "slug": "gary-r-brown",
    "name": "Gary R. Brown"
  },
  "rules": {
    "frcp": [
      {
        "rule_key": "FormatConstraint:caption",
        "citation": "FRCP 10(a)",
        "label": "Federal Rules of Civil Procedure",
        "summary": "Every pleading must include a caption with court name, case title, docket number, and document designation.",
        "severity": "CRITICAL"
      },
      {
        "rule_key": "DocumentRequirement:sj_no_genuine_dispute",
        "citation": "FRCP 56(a)",
        "label": "Federal Rules of Civil Procedure",
        "summary": "SJ motion must identify each claim/defense and show no genuine dispute of material fact.",
        "severity": "CRITICAL",
        "applies_to": ["Rule_56"]
      }
    ],
    "local_rules": [
      {
        "rule_key": "PageWordLimitRule:memo_support",
        "citation": "LR 7.1(c)",
        "label": "EDNY Local Civil Rule",
        "summary": "Support/opposition briefs: 8,750 words max. Reply briefs: 3,500 words max.",
        "severity": "CRITICAL",
        "applies_to": ["brief_support", "brief_opposition", "brief_reply"]
      }
    ],
    "standing_order": [
      {
        "category": "PAGE_LIMIT",
        "summary": "Brief Support limited to 20 pages",
        "source": "Brown SO §2.B"
      },
      {
        "category": "COURTESY_COPY",
        "summary": "Courtesy copy always required",
        "source": "Brown SO §1"
      },
      {
        "category": "PMC",
        "summary": "Pre-motion conference required. Letter <= 3pp.",
        "source": "Brown SO §3.A"
      },
      {
        "category": "BUNDLING",
        "summary": "Do NOT file until motion is fully briefed",
        "source": "Brown SO §3.B"
      }
    ]
  },
  "meta": {
    "total_rules": 25
  }
}

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