German cases

4 tools covering 180,000+ decisions from all German federal courts — BGH, BVerfG, BVerwG, BFH, BAG, BSG, and BPatG.

`de_federal_list_courts`

List German federal courts with case counts.

No parameters.

ArgumentsJSON

{}

Responsetext

German Federal Courts (81054 cases total):

- BGH: 33479 cases
- BFH: 11368 cases
- BVerwG: 9999 cases
- BPatG: 7206 cases
- BAG: 7129 cases
- BSG: 6245 cases
- BVerfG: 5626 cases
- GmSOGB: 2 cases

`de_federal_list_cases`

List German federal court decisions. Filter by court and/or date range.

Parameter	Type	Description
`court`	string	Court code: BGH, BVerfG, BVerwG, BFH, BAG, BSG, BPatG.
`date_from`	string	Start date (ISO: YYYY-MM-DD).
`date_to`	string	End date (ISO: YYYY-MM-DD).
`limit`	number= 20	Max results to return.
`offset`	number= 0	Skip first N results.

ArgumentsJSON

{
  "court": "BGH",
  "limit": 2
}

Responsetext

BGH Cases
Showing 1-2 of 33479 cases:

- BGH XIII ZB 1/26 (2026-01-13)
  [KORE700672026]

- BGH VI ZR 77/25 (2026-01-13)
  [KORE700782026]

`de_federal_search_cases`

Full-text search across German federal court decisions with German stemming. Query syntax: Terms (Mietvertrag), AND (implicit: Mietvertrag Kündigung), Phrases ("Treu und Glauben"), OR (Mietvertrag OR Pachtvertrag), NOT (-Wohnung).

Parameter	Type	Description
`query`required	string	Search query (supports phrases, OR, -negation).
`doknr`	string	Limit search to a specific case by document number.
`limit`	number= 10	Max results to return.
`offset`	number= 0	Skip first N results.
`window_size`	number= 64	Snippet context size in tokens.

ArgumentsJSON

{
  "query": "Schadensersatz Verkehrsunfall",
  "limit": 2
}

Responsetext

Showing 1-2 of 248 matches for "Schadensersatz Verkehrsunfall":

- BGH VI ZB 74/08 (2010-10-26)
  Berufung im Verkehrsunfallprozess: Berücksichtigung ergänzenden Par...
  [KORE306442010]

- BGH VI ZB 49/12 (2014-05-20)
  Zulässigkeit der Berufung: Berücksichtigung nicht zuerkannter Recht...
  [KORE316212014]

`de_federal_get_case`

Get a specific court decision by document number or file number.

Parameter	Type	Description
`id`required	string	Document number (JURE...) or file number (e.g., 'IX ZB 72/08').
`section`	"meta" \| "headnotes" \| "tenor" \| "facts" \| "reasoning" \| "all"= "all"	Which section of the decision to return.
`offset`	number= 0	Character offset for pagination.
`limit`	number= 4000	Max characters to return.

ArgumentsJSON

{
  "id": "VI ZR 252/23",
  "section": "meta"
}

Responsetext

---
doknr: KORE703292024
court: BGH
chamber: 6. Zivilsenat
date: 2024-07-09
file_number: "VI ZR 252/23"
decision_type: Urteil
ecli: ECLI:DE:BGH:2024:090724UVIZR252.23.0
---

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