Syfert Legal Research

{'type': 'object', 'required': ['text'], 'properties': {'mode': {'enum': ['defend', 'attack'], 'type': 'string', 'description': "defend (default): audit your own draft. attack: treat the text as the opponent's brief and return ammunition against their cites."}, 'text': {'type': 'string', 'description': 'The full document text (up to 512KB)'}, 'max_cites': {'type': 'integer', 'description': 'Max citations to process (default 100, max 200)'}}}

{'type': 'object', 'required': ['citation'], 'properties': {'quote': {'type': 'string', 'description': 'Optional: words you quote from this case; returns quote_check (verbatim | near | absent, best_match, star_page)'}, 'state': {'type': 'string', 'description': 'Optional two-letter state code, used only for statute/rule cites: settles a form two states both recognise, and resolves forms the corpus registry cannot classify. Ignored for case citations'}, 'citation': {'type': 'string', 'description': 'The citation, e.g. "819 So. 2d 732", "Siegle v. Progressive, 819 So. 2d 732 (Fla. 2002)", "Fla. Stat. § 83.49", "Fla. R. Civ. P. 1.510", "42 U.S.C. § 1983", "N.C. R. App. P. 10"'}, 'proposition': {'type': 'string', 'description': 'Optional: the point you cite this case for (a sentence of your draft or a paraphrase); returns treatment.proposition and treatment.proposition_note, the treatment of that proposition'}, 'expected_case_name': {'type': 'string', 'description': 'Case name the citation is claimed to belong to, for mismatch detection. Also lets a citation newer than the reporter index resolve by name + decision date: same-name cases in the window come back as name_candidates'}}}

{'type': 'object', 'properties': {'format': {'enum': ['markdown', 'html'], 'type': 'string', 'description': 'markdown (default) or html'}, 'offset': {'type': 'integer', 'description': 'Byte offset of the next part (next_offset from the previous call) for a long document'}, 'include': {'type': 'array', 'items': {'enum': ['text', 'treatment', 'propositions', 'cited_by_top', 'scope'], 'type': 'string'}, 'description': 'Sections. Cases: text (the opinion), treatment (flag and strongest signal), propositions (what courts cite it for), cited_by_top (leading citing cases with their parentheticals), scope (how far a red or yellow flag reaches). Statutes: text, cited_by_top (Notes of Decisions), scope (source and scrape date). Default ["text","treatment","scope"].'}, 'citation': {'type': 'string', 'description': 'A case\'s reporter citation ("875 F.2d 994"; used if cluster_id is absent), or, with jurisdiction, the section or rule ("90.803", "Nev. J. Ct. R. Civ. P. 70")'}, 'case_name': {'type': 'string', 'description': 'Case name; lets a citation newer than the reporter index resolve by name + date'}, 'cluster_id': {'type': 'integer', 'description': 'Cluster id of the case'}, 'jurisdiction': {'type': 'string', 'description': 'For a statute or rule: the corpus, as get_statute takes it (two-letter state code, usc, cfr, fedrule, sg, fac …)'}}}

{'type': 'object', 'required': ['proposition'], 'properties': {'state': {'type': 'string', 'description': "Optional two-letter state code: relaxed and proposition matches are limited to that state's courts (falls back to all courts when it has none); verbatim exact-phrase matches from any court are kept, that state's first"}, 'proposition': {'type': 'string', 'description': 'The proposition or quoted language, verbatim (three or more words; up to ~300 characters are used)'}}}

{'type': 'object', 'required': ['query'], 'properties': {'court': {'type': 'string', 'description': 'Optional court id filter for a caption (same syntax as search_cases court); takes precedence over state'}, 'query': {'type': 'string', 'description': 'A citation or a case caption, e.g. "410 U.S. 113", "Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973)", "Roe v. Wade", "Celotex"'}, 'state': {'type': 'string', 'description': "Optional two-letter state code (or name) narrowing a caption to that state's own courts"}, 'expected_case_name': {'type': 'string', 'description': 'The case name the citation is supposed to be; the answer is not decisive when the case at the citation carries a different name'}}}

{'type': 'object', 'required': ['name'], 'properties': {'name': {'type': 'string', 'description': 'Court name or group, e.g. "Florida", "Eleventh Circuit", "Texas Supreme", "Navajo Nation", "tribal courts", "veterans", "bankruptcy"'}}}

{'type': 'object', 'required': ['q'], 'properties': {'q': {'type': 'string', 'description': 'The issue or doctrine in 2-6 words as a lawyer would name it: "tipsy coachman", "economic loss rule", "Stand Your Ground immunity", "Richardson hearing"'}, 'state': {'type': 'string', 'description': 'Two-letter state code of the CITING courts (fl, ga, tx, ny ...). Strongly recommended: the map is keyed per state. Omit to search all states.'}, 'detail': {'type': 'boolean', 'description': 'true = the full-size answer: 8 issues, 8 statutes each, no character budget'}, 'max_issues': {'type': 'integer', 'description': 'Default 3 (8 with detail=true), max 20'}}}

{'type': 'object', 'properties': {'citation': {'type': 'string', 'description': 'Reporter citation (used if cluster_id absent)'}, 'case_name': {'type': 'string', 'description': 'Case name; lets a citation newer than the reporter index resolve by name + date (candidates returned if several share the name)'}, 'max_cases': {'type': 'integer', 'description': 'Default 15, max 40'}, 'cluster_id': {'type': 'integer', 'description': 'Cluster id of the case'}}}

{'type': 'object', 'properties': {'offset': {'type': 'integer', 'description': 'Character offset for paging long opinions (use next_offset from a prior call)'}, 'citation': {'type': 'string', 'description': 'Reporter citation, e.g. "819 So. 2d 732" (used if cluster_id absent)'}, 'quotable': {'type': 'boolean', 'description': 'With include_text, also return quotable_passages: the passages of this opinion other courts quote, with star_page'}, 'case_name': {'type': 'string', 'description': 'Case name; used only when the citation is not in the reporter index (newer than it): resolves by name + decision-date window and returns candidates if several cases share the name'}, 'find_text': {'type': 'string', 'description': 'A phrase to locate in the opinion: returns passages (exact, or the closest match) with star_page and offset'}, 'max_chars': {'type': 'integer', 'description': 'Max characters of opinion text to return (default 40000, max 150000)'}, 'cluster_id': {'type': 'integer', 'description': 'Cluster id from search results'}, 'include_text': {'type': 'boolean', 'description': 'Include opinion text (default true)'}}}

{'type': 'object', 'properties': {'citation': {'type': 'string', 'description': 'Reporter citation (used if cluster_id absent)'}, 'case_name': {'type': 'string', 'description': 'Case name; lets a citation newer than the reporter index resolve by name + date (candidates returned if several share the name)'}, 'cluster_id': {'type': 'integer', 'description': 'Cluster id of the case'}, 'max_citers': {'type': 'integer', 'description': 'Default 25, max 100'}, 'flag_filter': {'type': 'string', 'description': 'Comma list of flag colors to include: red,yellow,green,neutral,procedural. Omit for all.'}}}

{'type': 'object', 'properties': {'citation': {'type': 'string', 'description': 'Reporter citation (used if cluster_id absent)'}, 'case_name': {'type': 'string', 'description': 'Case name; lets a citation newer than the reporter index resolve by name + date (candidates returned if several share the name)'}, 'cluster_id': {'type': 'integer', 'description': 'Cluster id of the case'}, 'proposition': {'type': 'string', 'description': 'Optional: the point you cite this case for; returns proposition_match + proposition_note'}, 'max_propositions': {'type': 'integer', 'description': 'Default 10, max 25'}}}

{'type': 'object', 'required': ['jurisdiction', 'citation'], 'properties': {'offset': {'type': 'integer', 'description': 'Character offset for paging long sections'}, 'citation': {'type': 'string', 'description': 'Section as commonly cited: "83.49", "16-5-1", "174.02". Multi-code states (TX/CA/NY) need the code name too: "Tex. Penal Code 22.01".'}, 'max_chars': {'type': 'integer', 'description': 'Max characters of body text (default 40000)'}, 'jurisdiction': {'type': 'string', 'description': 'Which corpus: any two-letter state code (all 50 states + dc), or fl_statute (Fla. Stat.), fl_rule (FL court rules), fac (Florida Administrative Code, "6A-6.03019"), ga (O.C.G.A.), usc, cfr, fedrule, sg (sentencing guidelines). A state\'s COURT RULES live in the SAME corpus as its statutes — pass the state code and cite the rule as lawyers there do: "TRCP 166a" (tx), "MCR 2.116"/"MRE 403" (mi), "C.R.C.P. 56" (co), "CR 56"/"RAP 2.5" (wa), "Ohio Civ. R. 56" (oh), "Pa.R.C.P. 1035.2" (pa), "R. 4:46-2"/"N.J.R.E. 403" (nj), "Md. Rule 2-501" (md), "I.R.C.P. 56" (id), "Conn. Practice Book § 23-8" (ct), "N.C. R. App. P. 10" (nc), "Cal. R. Ct. 8.204" (ca), "22 NYCRR 1250.1" (ny), "Tenn. R. Civ. P. 56" (tn), "Ga. Sup. Ct. R. 41" (ga). Rules are in-corpus for all 44 of: ak al ar az ca co ct dc de fl ga hi ia id il in ky ma md me mi mn mo ms mt nc nd ne nj nm nv ny oh or pa ri sc tn tx ut va wa wi wv wy. ks la nh ok sd vt keep no separate rules set — theirs are codified AS statutes ("S.D. Codified Laws § 15-6-10(a)", "K.S.A. 60-256"), and so are the Hawaii evidence rules ("Haw. Rev. Stat. § 626-1, Rule 403").'}}}

{'type': 'object', 'properties': {'citation': {'type': 'string', 'description': 'Reporter citation (used if cluster_id absent)'}, 'case_name': {'type': 'string', 'description': 'Case name; lets a citation newer than the reporter index resolve by name + date (candidates returned if several share the name)'}, 'cluster_id': {'type': 'integer', 'description': 'Cluster id of the case'}, 'max_citers': {'type': 'integer', 'description': 'Max citing-case detail rows (default 25, max 100; negative signals sort first)'}, 'proposition': {'type': 'string', 'description': "Optional: the point you cite this case for, in your words or as quoted; returns proposition_match (that proposition's own flag and negative citers) and treatment.proposition_note"}}}

{'type': 'object', 'required': ['q'], 'properties': {'q': {'type': 'string', 'description': 'Search query. Examples: "premises liability" AND negligence; name:miranda; 768.28 sovereign immunity'}, 'page': {'type': 'integer', 'description': 'Page number, default 1'}, 'sort': {'enum': ['relevance', 'date', 'cited', 'trending'], 'type': 'string', 'description': 'Default relevance (authority-weighted).'}, 'court': {'type': 'string', 'description': 'Court id filter, comma-separable, trailing * for prefix. E.g. fla* (all Florida), scotus, ca11, fladistctapp1. Also takes a group token covering a whole set of courts: us-circuits, us-districts, us-bankr, fl-fed-districts, fed-veterans, fed-military, fed-immigration, fed-taxtrade, tribal-navajonation, tribal-cherokee. Use find_court to resolve either. Takes precedence over state.'}, 'judge': {'type': 'string', 'description': 'Judge name filter'}, 'state': {'type': 'string', 'description': "Two-letter state code (fl, tx, ny, ca ... all 50 states + dc). Scopes the search to that state's OWN courts — supreme, appellate, circuit and county. Federal district and bankruptcy courts sitting in the state count as federal here, not as state courts, so they are excluded; add them with the court argument. Ignored if court is also given."}, 'status': {'type': 'string', 'description': 'published or unpublished'}, 'compact': {'type': 'boolean', 'description': 'true = shorter rows (bluebook, url, date_filed, cited_by, status if not published, treatment flag and red/yellow counts, snippet, holding, passage_origin); default false'}, 'date_to': {'type': 'string', 'description': 'YYYY-MM-DD'}, 'per_page': {'type': 'integer', 'description': 'Results per page, default 10, max 20'}, 'date_from': {'type': 'string', 'description': 'YYYY-MM-DD'}}}

{'type': 'object', 'required': ['quote'], 'properties': {'quote': {'type': 'string', 'description': 'The phrase to search for (three or more words; matched as a phrase, not keywords)'}, 'state': {'type': 'string', 'description': "Optional two-letter state code: relaxed and proposition matches are limited to that state's courts (falls back to all courts when it has none); verbatim exact-phrase matches from any court are kept, that state's first"}}}

{'type': 'object', 'required': ['q'], 'properties': {'q': {'type': 'string', 'description': 'Citation or topic query, max 200 chars'}, 'kind': {'type': 'string', 'description': 'With state: scope to one source — "rule" (that state\'s court rules) or "statute" (its code). Omit to search both; the response\'s sources field lists what the corpus holds and how many rows of each.'}, 'kinds': {'type': 'string', 'description': 'Used only when state is absent. Comma list of corpus kinds: statute (FL statutes), rule (FL court rules), fac (Fla. Admin. Code), ocga, usc, cfr, fedrule, sg, plus any state\'s own kind ("nc", "tx") and rules kind ("nc-rule", "tx-rule"). Default "statute,rule" is FLORIDA ONLY.'}, 'limit': {'type': 'integer', 'description': 'Max hits (default 5, max 25)'}, 'state': {'type': 'string', 'description': 'Two-letter state code to search that state\'s corpus (e.g. wi, tx, ny, ca). Covers all 50 states + dc. That corpus holds the state\'s COURT RULES too in 44 of the 51 — all but ks, la, nh, ok, sd, vt, whose rules of procedure are codified as statutes. Also accepts state="fac" for the Florida ADMINISTRATIVE Code (agency rules such as 6A-6.03019) — state="fl" is the Florida Statutes.'}}}

{'type': 'object', 'required': ['flag', 'reason'], 'properties': {'flag': {'enum': ['red', 'green'], 'type': 'string', 'description': 'The flag the case should carry: red = no longer good law (overruled, abrogated, superseded); green = still good law'}, 'reason': {'type': 'string', 'description': 'One line, as short as possible (max 280 characters), e.g. "Overruled by Dobbs v. Jackson Women\'s Health Org., 597 U.S. 215 (2022)."'}, 'citation': {'type': 'string', 'description': 'Reporter citation of the case (used if cluster_id absent), e.g. "410 U.S. 113"'}, 'authority': {'type': 'string', 'description': 'Optional: citation of the case or statute the reason relies on (max 200 characters)'}, 'case_name': {'type': 'string', 'description': 'Optional case name; checked against the case the citation resolves to'}, 'cluster_id': {'type': 'integer', 'description': 'Cluster id of the case whose flag is wrong'}}}

{'type': 'object', 'required': ['quote'], 'properties': {'quote': {'type': 'string', 'description': 'The quoted words exactly as you intend to use them (three or more words)'}, 'citation': {'type': 'string', 'description': 'Reporter citation of that case, e.g. "376 So. 2d 230" (used if cluster_id absent)'}, 'case_name': {'type': 'string', 'description': 'Case name; lets a citation newer than the reporter index resolve by name + date'}, 'cluster_id': {'type': 'integer', 'description': 'Cluster id of the case the quote is attributed to'}}}