⚖️ US Supreme Court Opinions Scraper

🚀 Export every Supreme Court slip opinion in seconds. Pull case names, docket numbers, dates, authoring justices, citations, and PDF links straight from supremecourt.gov.

🕒 Last updated: 2026-05-26 · 📊 13 fields per record · 60+ opinions per term · October Terms 2007-present

The US Supreme Court Opinions Scraper parses the slip-opinion index published on supremecourt.gov for any October Term. Each row captures the case caption, docket number, date, author justice initials, citation, syllabus summary, and PDF URL - exactly as the Court publishes them.

Coverage: Every slip opinion the Court has published since OT 2007, refreshed live from the official site.

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Target Audience / Use Cases

🎯 Target Audience	💡 Primary Use Cases
Law firms	Track new opinions and citations
Academic researchers	Bulk-export term data
Legal-tech vendors	Seed citation databases
Journalists	Cover decisions on day-of
Policy shops	Monitor SCOTUS output by justice

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📋 What the US Supreme Court Opinions Scraper does

• Pulls every slip opinion in an October Term
• Captures docket #, citation, author initials, syllabus
• Returns the direct PDF URL
• Filters by term
• Outputs JSON, CSV, Excel, XML

💡 Why it matters: Export every Supreme Court slip opinion in seconds. Pull case names, docket numbers, dates, authoring justices, citations, and PDF links straight from supremecourt.gov.

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🎬 Full Demo

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⚙️ Input

Field	Type	Required	Default	Description
maxItems	integer	No	10	Max records.

Example 1:

{ "terms": ["24"], "maxItems": 60 }

Example 2:

{ "terms": ["23", "22"], "maxItems": 120 }

⚠️ Good to Know: Always supply the minimum required search fields documented in the input panel; otherwise the actor returns an explanatory error record.

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📊 Output

Sample:

{
  "title": "Trump v. United States",
  "docketNumber": "23-939",
  "date": "7/01/24",
  "term": "OT 23",
  "justice": "R",
  "citation": "603 U.S. 593",
  "pdfUrl": "https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/603us1r57_2dp3.pdf"
}

Key fields: title, docketNumber, date, term, opinionNumber, justice, citation, summary, pdfUrl, url, source, scrapedAt.

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✨ Why choose this Actor

• 🟢 Authoritative source: supremecourt.gov
• 🟢 Per-justice authorship initials
• 🟢 Direct PDF links
• 🟢 Multi-term backfill
• 🟢 No API key required

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📈 How it compares to alternatives

Option	Free	Bulk export	Live
supremecourt.gov index	Yes	No	Yes
Westlaw / Lexis	No	Yes	Yes
ParseForge SCOTUS Scraper	Yes	Yes	Live

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🚀 How to use

1. Create a free account w/ $5 credit
2. Open this actor
3. Set inputs, click Start
4. Download CSV / Excel / JSON / XML
5. Schedule or integrate

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💼 Business use cases

Citation tracking

Feed citations into a research dashboard.

Opinion alerts

Trigger on new entries each term.

Justice analytics

Aggregate authorship by initials.

PDF archiving

Mirror every slip opinion locally.

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🔌 Automating US Supreme Court Opinions Scraper

Integrates with Make, Zapier, n8n, Slack, Airbyte, GitHub Actions, Google Drive.

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🌟 Beyond business use cases

Research

Term-over-term opinion authorship analyses.

Personal

Build a personal SCOTUS reader.

Non-profit

Civic-tech apps tracking constitutional questions.

Experimentation

Train summarization models on syllabi.

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🤖 Ask an AI assistant about this scraper

ChatGPT · Claude · Perplexity · Microsoft Copilot

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❓ Frequently Asked Questions

Q: Source? supremecourt.gov slip opinion index.

Q: API key? No.

Q: Real-time? Yes - fetched on every run.

Q: Coverage? Every slip opinion since OT 2007.

Q: Output? JSON, CSV, Excel, XML.

Q: Free preview? Yes, 10 records.

Q: Bulk size? Up to 1,000,000 paid.

Q: Sealed opinions? Not in the public index.

Q: Concurrences and dissents? Each is published as its own slip opinion row.

Q: How fresh? Live; the Court updates the index within hours of release.

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🔌 Integrate with any app

Webhooks, REST API, Make, Zapier, Slack, Airbyte, Google Sheets, and more.

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⚠️ Disclaimer: independent tool, not affiliated with the Supreme Court of the United States. Only publicly available data from supremecourt.gov is collected.