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CourtFiling

A court filing (docket) a company is a party to.

type CourtFiling implements DataPoint {
id: ID!
meta: DataPointMeta!
caseName: String
docketNumber: String
pacerCaseId: String
filedAt: Date
terminatedAt: Date
natureOfSuit: String
courtName: String
districtName: String
plaintiffName: String
defendantName: String
affectedCompanies: [CourtFilingCompany!]!
}

Fields​

CourtFiling.id ● ID! non-null scalar​

Unique identifier; shared by every company party to this filing.

CourtFiling.meta ● DataPointMeta! non-null object​

Craft platform metadata: which provider supplied the record and when it became current. Every other field on this type is public court-record data.

CourtFiling.caseName ● String scalar​

Case/docket title, e.g. "Meyer v. Weatherford".

CourtFiling.docketNumber ● String scalar​

Public case number, as the court assigns it.

CourtFiling.pacerCaseId ● String scalar​

PACER case identifier.

CourtFiling.filedAt ● Date scalar​

The date the case was filed with the court.

CourtFiling.terminatedAt ● Date scalar​

The date the case was terminated/closed; null = still open per the provider.

CourtFiling.natureOfSuit ● String scalar​

Nature of suit / case type as classified by the court.

CourtFiling.courtName ● String scalar​

Court the case was filed with.

CourtFiling.districtName ● String scalar​

District the court belongs to.

CourtFiling.plaintiffName ● String scalar​

Plaintiff name(s), as reported.

CourtFiling.defendantName ● String scalar​

Defendant name(s), as reported.

CourtFiling.affectedCompanies ● [CourtFilingCompany!]! non-null object​

Companies party to this filing.

Interfaces​

DataPoint interface​

Common interface for facts (Data Points) about entities. Data Points are immutable: a change in the underlying data produces a new record with a new identifier, and meta.effectiveFrom/effectiveTo track which version is effective.

Member Of​

CourtFilingConnection object ● CourtFilingEdge object