Opinion

Court opinion document

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Properties

Name	Type	Description
id	integer
resource_uri	string
absolute_url	string
cluster	string
author	string
type	string
date_created	string
date_modified	string
plain_text	string
html	string
html_lawbox	string
html_columbia	string
html_with_citations	string
download_url	string
local_path	string
opinions_cited	array

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JSON Schema

{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "$id": "https://www.courtlistener.com/schemas/opinion.json",
  "title": "Opinion",
  "type": "object",
  "description": "Court opinion document",
  "properties": {
    "id": {
      "type": "integer"
    },
    "resource_uri": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "uri"
    },
    "absolute_url": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "cluster": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "uri"
    },
    "author": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "uri",
      "nullable": true
    },
    "type": {
      "type": "string",
      "enum": [
        "010combined",
        "015unamimous",
        "020lead",
        "025plurality",
        "030concurrence",
        "035concurrenceinpart",
        "040dissent",
        "050addendum",
        "060remittitur",
        "070rehearing",
        "080onthemerits",
        "090onmotiontostrike"
      ]
    },
    "date_created": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "date-time"
    },
    "date_modified": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "date-time"
    },
    "plain_text": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "html": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "html_lawbox": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "html_columbia": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "html_with_citations": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "download_url": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "uri"
    },
    "local_path": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "opinions_cited": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "string",
        "format": "uri"
      }
    }
  }
}

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