Document

A case will contain many more documents than are uploaded to the Clearinghouse. We generally add documents that provide additional information that help someone understand what is going on in the case, such as complaints, opinions, orders, and settlement agreements. We also add documents that we find particularly interesting, such as letters between lawyers about how to litigate the case. Particularly interesting documents that apply more broadly, such as memoranda explaining a complex litigation strategy involving multiple cases, are uploaded as resources (see Resource).

Example: a completely blank document

{
    date: "",
    date_is_estimate: false,
    date_not_available: false,
    description: null,
    document_source: "",
    document_type: "",
    order_type: "",
    citation_paren: null,
    cite_1_page: null,
    cite_1_reporter: null,
    cite_1_vol: null,
    cite_2_page: null,
    cite_2_reporter: null,
    cite_2_vol: null,
    cite_3_page: null,
    cite_3_reporter: null,
    cite_3_vol: null,
    citation_status: "",
    court: "",
    no_title: false,
    party_types: [],
    per_curium: false,
    is_core_document: false,
    file: "",
    title: "",
    public_note: "",
    document_type_other: "",
    external_url: "",
    ecf_number: "",
    clearinghouse_link: "",
    id: 00000,
    document_status: ""
}

For more information:

Field	Type	Documentation (link)
date	string	date
date_is_estimate	boolean	date_is_estimate
date_not_available	boolean	date_not_available
description	string	description
document_source	string	document_source
document_type	string	document_type
order_type	string	order_type
citation_paren	string	citation_paren
cite_1_page	number	cite_1_page
cite_1_reporter	string	cite_1_reporter
cite_1_vol	number	cite_1_vol
cite_2_page	number	cite_2_page
cite_2_reporter	string	cite_2_reporter
cite_2_vol	number	cite_2_vol
cite_3_page	number	cite_3_page
cite_3_reporter	string	cite_3_reporter
cite_3_vol	number	cite_3_vol
citation_status	string	citation_status
court	string	court
no_title	boolean	no_title
party_types	array[string]	party_types
per_curium	boolean	#per_curium
is_core_document	boolean	is_core_document
file	string	file
title	string	title
public_note	string	public_note
document_type_other	string	document_type_other
external_url	string	external_url
ecf_number	string	ecf_number
clearinghouse_link	string	clearinghouse_link
id	number	id
document_status	string	document_status