Legal Research Software That Searches Case Law in Plain English
Ask a legal question the way you would say it out loud. Cases reads what you mean and returns the on-point precedents, so you skip the terms-and-connectors syntax and go straight to reading cases.
How courts have ruled
Sample results, illustrative only. Informational research, not legal advice. Verify every citation.
In short
Legal research software is a tool that helps you find and read the case law relevant to a legal question. Cases is legal research software built around plain-English search, so instead of constructing a boolean query with terms and connectors, you type the issue the way you would describe it to a colleague. It reads the meaning of your question, searches U.S. federal and state case law, and returns the on-point precedents as headnote cards, each with a plain-English summary, the holding, and a real citation. There are no operators to memorize and no query syntax to debug, which is what makes it faster than traditional boolean search for most everyday questions. Cases is informational research, not legal advice, and it does not claim to be 100 percent hallucination-free, so it shows you the citation and you always verify the case in the official reporter before you rely on it.
What you get
Plain-English search, built for attorneys, paralegals, and law students
Ask like a person
Type your question in plain English, describe the facts, the issue, or the rule, and Cases returns the cases that actually address it. No boolean, no terms and connectors.
On-point, not just keyword hits
Cases ranks results by how on-point they are to your question rather than raw keyword frequency, so the first cards are usually the ones worth reading.
Summaries and holdings on the card
Each precedent comes back as a headnote card with a plain-English summary and the holding, so you see how the court ruled before you open the full opinion.
A citation you can check
Every result carries a real citation you can confirm in the official reporter. Informational research, not legal advice. Always verify the citation.
How it works
From a plain-English question to a cited case in four steps
Type your question
Describe the legal issue in plain English, the way you would say it to a colleague. There is no query syntax to build.
Cases searches the case law
It reads your question and searches U.S. federal and state case law for the precedents that address it.
Read the headnote cards
Results come back as cards with a summary, the holding, and the citation, so you read the point that matters first.
Verify what you rely on
Open the citation and confirm the case in the official reporter. The attorney stays the gatekeeper.
Find the right case in minutes
Ask your question in plain English and get on-point precedents with summaries, holdings, and citations you can check in the official reporter. Informational research, not legal advice.