US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Federal Circuit Case Records

Case information and records for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Cases filed on or after March 1, 2012, are available through PACER or at public terminals in the Clerk's Office. The court provides aggregated case statistics via a data request process.

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Documentation

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Documentation
https://www.cafc.uscourts.gov/home/case-information/case-records/
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GettingStarted
https://www.cafc.uscourts.gov/home/case-information/

Schemas & Data

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JSONSchema
Federal Circuit Case Schema
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JSONSchema
Federal Circuit Opinion Schema
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JSONSchema
PACER Docket Entry Schema

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apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: us-court-of-appeals-for-the-federal-circuit:case-records
name: Federal Circuit Case Records
tags:
- Federal Courts
- Case Records
- Legal
humanURL: https://www.cafc.uscourts.gov/home/case-information/case-records/
properties:
- url: https://www.cafc.uscourts.gov/home/case-information/case-records/
  type: Documentation
- url: https://www.cafc.uscourts.gov/home/case-information/
  type: GettingStarted
- url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/us-court-of-appeals-for-the-federal-circuit/refs/heads/main/json-schema/cafc-case-schema.json
  type: JSONSchema
  title: Federal Circuit Case Schema
- url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/us-court-of-appeals-for-the-federal-circuit/refs/heads/main/json-schema/cafc-opinion-schema.json
  type: JSONSchema
  title: Federal Circuit Opinion Schema
- url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/us-court-of-appeals-for-the-federal-circuit/refs/heads/main/json-schema/cafc-docket-entry-schema.json
  type: JSONSchema
  title: PACER Docket Entry Schema
description: Case information and records for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Cases
  filed on or after March 1, 2012, are available through PACER or at public terminals in the Clerk's Office.
  The court provides aggregated case statistics via a data request process.