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Every opinion comes from public sources — Harvard's Caselaw Access Project, CourtListener, and court websites — combined into a single, searchable library of U.S. case law.
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Freecase is full-text search across U.S. state and federal court opinions — built for lawyers, legal aid, students, and the public. Searching is free, with no account required. AI ranking, case summaries, and plain-language search are available as low-cost add-ons.
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Every opinion comes from public sources — Harvard's Caselaw Access Project, CourtListener, and court websites — combined into a single, searchable library of U.S. case law.
Fast keyword search pulls the candidate cases. Nomo, the Freecase research assistant, can then rank them by legal issue and explain each pick in snippet-grounded language — and the full opinion is always one click away.
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