{"categories":[{"label":"Python Modules","url":"https://skillfed.io/packages/category/software-development-libraries-python-modules/12"}],"enrichment":{"capability":"Provides a searchable database of current and historical courts with string matching, date filtering, and bankruptcy court identification for legal research and case management applications.","skillfed_tags":["legal-tech","court-data"],"use_cases":["Resolve ambiguous court names in legal documents or case filings to their canonical CourtListener identifiers","Filter court results by historical date range to find the correct court for cases from specific time periods","Identify whether a court reference is a bankruptcy court versus a general district court","Build legal research tools that need to normalize and validate court names from user input","Populate court metadata (URLs, abbreviations, citation strings) in case management systems"],"what_it_does":"Courts-DB is a curated open-source database of courts\u2014current and historical\u2014built by the Free Law Project from metadata across millions of case records. It provides two main functions: `find_court()` to look up court identifiers by name string, and `find_court_by_id()` to retrieve full court metadata. The database includes regex patterns for matching court name variations, historical date ranges, jurisdiction levels, case types, and citation strings.\n\nYou feed it a court name or identifier and get back structured data: the court's ID, full name, abbreviation, location, system (state/federal/tribal), level (trial/appellate/etc.), bankruptcy status, and URL. Filtering by date and bankruptcy flag lets you disambiguate when multiple courts share similar names\u2014for example, distinguishing the Federal District Court of Massachusetts from its Bankruptcy Court. It has no external runtime dependencies and supports Python 3.9+.","worth_installing":"Yes. This is a stable, actively maintained package with zero dependencies, permissive licensing, and a clear use case for legal tech and research. Install it if you need reliable court name resolution or court metadata lookup. No known vulnerabilities and low friction make it a safe choice."},"id":"courts-db","links":{"html":"https://skillfed.io/packages/courts-db","md":"https://skillfed.io/packages/courts-db.md","pypi":"https://pypi.org/project/courts-db/"},"maintenance":{"status":"active"},"meta":{"latest_release":"2026-03-25","license_spdx":"BSD-2-Clause","license_treatment":"permissive","name":"courts-db","python_support":"supports_current","summary":"Database of Courts"},"popularity":{"monthly_downloads":395270,"position":6982,"tier":"top_15000"},"security":{"n_vulnerabilities":0},"version":"0.10.27"}