Free datasets
No dataset is in the free tier yet. Free access through the Data.co API depends on the pending provider agreement.
No free-tier datasets yet.
The Free marketplace plan includes public dataset discovery and limited API access today. LAW.co's court opinions are also public domain and readable free on law.co case pages.
Public-domain content, free to read on the provider's site
Free tier, Free plan and free to read are different things
A free-tier dataset is one its provider prices at zero. There are none on the marketplace today, which is why the list above is empty.
The Free plan ($0/mo) is a Data.co account level. It includes both free and standard dataset tiers with small monthly quotas, so the standard-tier court opinions are covered on Free over the live API. Premium datasets need Pro ($149/mo) or Business ($799/mo).
Free to read means the provider shows the content on its own website. 3 LAW.co datasets are readable on law.co case pages today, at no cost and without a Data.co account.
Using public-domain opinions responsibly
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Know what is public
Court-authored opinion text and plain facts such as parties, court, date, docket and citation strings are public domain under the government edicts doctrine.
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Know what is not
LAW.co's selection and arrangement, its AI summaries and citation graph, and any reporter headnotes in head matter are not covered.
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Respect the site terms
LAW.co's Terms of Use prohibit bulk extraction of its corpus without a written agreement, so do not scrape case pages.
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Keep provenance
Each opinion record is designed to carry its source, source URL and license, so you can show where your copy came from.
The license terms, as recorded in the catalog
- U.S. Court Opinions (LAW.co corpus)
- Public domain — U.S. government edicts doctrine (judicial opinion text and facts). Covers the court-authored opinion text and uncopyrightable facts (parties, court, date, docket, citation strings) only. Does NOT cover LAW.co's selection/arrangement, its derived layer, or any reporter/publisher headnotes that may appear in CAP head_matter. LAW.co's Terms of Use (§8, §11) prohibit bulk extraction of the corpus without a written agreement.
Delivery is a service, even for public data
Search, delivery, metering and support cost money to run, so public-domain content can still sit in a paid tier. Through Data.co, records are served from https://api.data.co/v1 and over MCP at https://api.data.co/mcp, with downloads only where the license and provider allow.
REST and MCP serve live LAW.co records today; 0 datasets are downloadable. Previews on dataset pages use labeled demo fixtures.
Free data questions
Will there be free-tier datasets?
Providers choose their own tier, and a free sample dataset is one option open to them. Any dataset priced in the free tier appears on this page automatically.
Can I use court opinions from law.co in my product?
Opinion text is public domain, but LAW.co's terms prohibit bulk extraction from its site. For volume, wait for licensed access through Data.co.
Does the Free plan cost anything?
No. The Free plan has no monthly charge. Paid plans are billed monthly by card through Stripe, and only if you choose to upgrade.
Which LAW.co sources are behind the public-domain opinions?
The legacy corpus comes from the Caselaw Access Project at Harvard Law School Library, and newer opinions are ingested as plain text from CourtListener, run by the Free Law Project.
Are free-to-read case pages the same as API records?
They are designed to come from the same corpus, but the web page is a rendered view for reading. API records add structured fields such as citations, court and provenance.
Is demo data free?
Demo records are synthetic placeholders, clearly labeled and never billed. They show the shape of a dataset, not its contents.
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