German Court Decisions by Court, Date, File Number or ECLI (Open Legal Data)

openlegaldata/list-cases

Lists German court decisions from Open Legal Data, newest first, filtered by court slug (for example bgh or vg-koln), decision date range, exact file number (Aktenzeichen) or ECLI. At least one filter is required. Each row has the decision id, slug, court object (name, slug, state, jurisdiction), file number, date, type, ECLI and the source URL on the court's own publication site; the full text is not included (use openlegaldata/get-case). Up to 20 per page, pages 1 to 10. Open Legal Data court decisions served by Eden Engine; not an official Open Legal Data product.

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Price

$0.0026 per call

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Data source

Open Legal Data

Source: Open Legal Data (de.openlegaldata.io), German court decisions and metadata. Served by Eden Engine; not an official Open Legal Data product.

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// 1. search: find the tool
omnial_search({ query: "what you need" })

// 2. inspect: price and input schema
omnial_inspect({ tool: "openlegaldata/list-cases" })

// 3. learn: read the usage guide at runtime
omnial_learn({ tool: "openlegaldata/list-cases" })

// 4. run: price the exact call first, then run it
omnial_execute({ tool: "openlegaldata/list-cases", input: { /* see input_schema */ }, dry_run: true })
omnial_execute({ tool: "openlegaldata/list-cases", input: { /* ... */ } })

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Charge	Price
Per call	$0.0026

Updated: Oct 21, 2026

Input and output schemas

Input schema

input_schema.json

{
  "type": "object",
  "anyOf": [
    {
      "required": [
        "court"
      ]
    },
    {
      "required": [
        "date_after"
      ]
    },
    {
      "required": [
        "date_before"
      ]
    },
    {
      "required": [
        "file_number"
      ]
    },
    {
      "required": [
        "ecli"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "properties": {
    "ecli": {
      "type": "string",
      "pattern": "^ECLI:[A-Za-z0-9.:_-]{4,80}$",
      "description": "Exact ECLI, for example ECLI:DE:VGK:2026:1016.5L2684.26.00."
    },
    "page": {
      "type": "integer",
      "maximum": 10,
      "minimum": 1,
      "description": "Result page, 1 to 10 (the upstream refuses pages past 10). Leave out for the first page."
    },
    "court": {
      "type": "string",
      "pattern": "^[a-z0-9-]{1,40}$",
      "description": "Court slug, for example bgh or vg-koln. Find slugs with openlegaldata/list-courts."
    },
    "page_size": {
      "type": "integer",
      "default": 5,
      "maximum": 20,
      "minimum": 1,
      "description": "Results per page, 1 to 20. Defaults to 5."
    },
    "date_after": {
      "type": "string",
      "pattern": "^[0-9]{4}-[0-9]{2}-[0-9]{2}$",
      "description": "Only decisions dated on or after this day, YYYY-MM-DD."
    },
    "date_before": {
      "type": "string",
      "pattern": "^[0-9]{4}-[0-9]{2}-[0-9]{2}$",
      "description": "Only decisions dated on or before this day, YYYY-MM-DD."
    },
    "file_number": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 60,
      "minLength": 1,
      "description": "Exact file number (Aktenzeichen), for example 5 L 2684/26."
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}

Output schema

output_schema.json

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "count",
    "results"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "next": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ],
      "description": "URL of the next page on the upstream, or null."
    },
    "count": {
      "type": "integer",
      "description": "Total number of matches."
    },
    "results": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "id": {
            "type": "integer"
          },
          "date": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Decision date, YYYY-MM-DD."
          },
          "ecli": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "European Case Law Identifier, when the decision has one."
          },
          "slug": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "The decision's slug."
          },
          "type": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Decision type, for example Urteil or Beschluss."
          },
          "court": {
            "type": "object",
            "description": "The deciding court: id, name, slug, city, state, jurisdiction and level_of_appeal.",
            "additionalProperties": true
          },
          "source_url": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Where the decision was published by the court."
          },
          "file_number": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "The court's file number (Aktenzeichen)."
          },
          "created_date": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "updated_date": {
            "type": "string"
          }
        },
        "additionalProperties": true
      },
      "description": "Decisions matching the filters, newest first."
    },
    "previous": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ]
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": true
}