OpenGavel is a non-profit venture to provide free online access to the text of court decisions. The project was inspired by the open source, open content, and open access movements, as well as a belief that the current system of commercialized distribution of public court documents inadequately serves the public and adds unnecessary cost to legal services. OpenGavel's focus is on providing a free repository of data containing the full text of court decisions in a metadata rich standardized format.

The repository currently holds a test group of 106 court decisions.

Search Repository by Case Name
(leave form blank for complete listing)

News & Annoucements
03/21/2008 (1:30pm)Feature/Bug List page added
03/21/2008 (4:15pm)lead-in info on authoring judges' titles consistently spelled out in data.

20 Most Recent Additions
04/15/2008Gallup, Inc. v. Kenexa Corp. (3d Cir. 2005)No. 2005-F003-09190001
04/03/2008Luck's Music Library, Inc. v. Gonzales (D.C. Cir. 2005)No. 2005-F012-05240001
03/22/2008Showler v. Harper's Magazine Found. (10th Cir. 2007)No. 2007-F010-03230001
03/22/2008Anderson v. Cader Publ'g, Ltd. (6th Cir. 2005)No. 2005-F006-10050001
03/22/2008P.C. Woo, Inc. v. Tokio Marine & Fire Ins. Co., Ltd. (9th Cir. 2005)No. 2005-F009-10070001
03/20/2008Matthew Bender & Co., Inc. v. West Publ'g Co. (2d Cir. 2001)No. 2001-F002-01230001
03/19/2008Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music, Inc. (U.S. Sup. Ct. 1994)No. 1994-F000-03070001
03/19/2008Rosenblatt v. Estate of Morris Levy (S.D.N.Y. 1994)No. 1994-F092-03220001
03/19/2008Diamond Star Building Corp. v. Freed (4th Cir. 1994)No. 1994-F004-04130001
03/18/2008West Publ'g Co. v. On Point Solutions, Inc. (M.D. Ga. 1994)No. 1994-F550-09010001
03/17/2008Global Innovations, Inc. v. ALS Scan, Inc. (9th Cir. 2005)No. 2005-F009-02240001
03/17/2008Ritchie v. Williams (6th Cir. 2005)No. 2005-F006-01110001
03/17/2008Chieco v. Geiger (9th Cir. 2004)No. 2004-F009-11170001
03/17/2008Skylink Tech., Inc. v. Assurance Co. of Am. (7th Cir. 2005)No. 2005-F007-03110001
03/17/2008Hobbs v. Qualmark Corp. (10th Cir. 2005)No. 2005-F010-03110001
03/17/2008Iconbazaar, LLC v. America Online, Inc. (M.D.N.C. 2005)No. 2005-F161-03250001
03/17/2008Iconbazaar, LLC v. America Online, Inc. (M.D.N.C. 2006)No. 2006-F161-05240001
03/17/2008Livewire Publ'g, Inc. v. Best Software Inc. (3d Cir. 2005)No. 2005-F003-03080001
03/17/2008Lowe v. Loud Records (3d Cir. 2005)No. 2005-F003-03230001
03/17/2008Woodhaven Homes & Realty, Inc. v. Hotz (7th Cir. 2005)No. 2005-F007-01280001