Citation Graph

Find leading cases

Find the most-cited decisions for a topic or statute. Authority ranking based on citation graph. Each result carries citation_string_{de,fr,it} + canonical_url + rule_statement for copy-ready use.

get/leading-cases

Request

  • Base URL: https://mcp.opencaselaw.ch/api
  • URL: https://mcp.opencaselaw.ch/api/leading-cases
  • Auth: none declared

Query parameters

querystring

Text query to filter by topic (max 4,000 chars)

law_codestring

Law code (e.g., BV, OR, ZGB, StGB)

articlestring

Article number (requires law_code)

courtstring

Court filter (e.g., bger, bge, bvger)

date_fromstring

Start date (YYYY-MM-DD)

date_tostring

End date (YYYY-MM-DD)

limitinteger

Max results

include_pinpointboolean

Attach a pinpoint Erwägung citation to the top 3 results when a free-text query is given. Set false to skip the lookup.

Response

Successful Response

unknown required

Changes

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