Extract court case timelines API

Group supplied court records by case number into dated timelines. Non-judgment steps are not treated as guilt.

The Extract court case timelines operation is part of the Public Records, Crime & Regulatory Intelligence API on BRAINIAC.software. Group supplied court records by case number into dated timelines. Non-judgment steps are not treated as guilt. It is exposed as POST /api/v1/public-records/court-case-timeline-extract and priced at $0.04 USDC on Base. Payment uses the x402 exact scheme: an unpaid call returns HTTP 402 with payment requirements; after paying the exact USDC amount, retry the same request with a payment-signature header and Idempotency-Key. No account and no API key are required. Data sources for this product: Caller-supplied court, enforcement, crime, incident, and notice records Public feed when feed.url is requested Limitations: No paid public-records provider is used and no API key is required. Allegations, investigations, charges, penalties, and final judgments are labeled separately. Guilt is never inferred. An allegation, investigation, or charge is never treated as a conviction or final judgment. Missing counts, penalty amounts, and dispositions are not invented. Public feed items are used only when a feed URL is supplied. Outputs are compliance prechecks, drafts, or data lookups for human review. They are not official determinations, legal advice, identity confirmation, or certified filings. Related operations in this group include Normalize court decision records, Search regulatory enforcement actions, Compare public crime statistics, Cluster public incidents. Open the group documentation for the full request schema, field notes, and response examples before integrating.

POST$0.04 USDC
/api/v1/public-records/court-case-timeline-extract

Example request

curl -i -X POST "https://www.brainiac.software/api/v1/public-records/court-case-timeline-extract" \
  -H 'content-type: application/json' \
  -H 'Idempotency-Key: <fresh-64-character-random-hex-key>' \
  --data-binary @- <<'JSON'
{
  "courtRecords": [
    {
      "id": "CRT-1",
      "caseNumber": "22-CV-100",
      "court": "District Court",
      "title": "Complaint",
      "date": "2026-01-10",
      "status": "charge",
      "disposition": "complaint filed"
    },
    {
      "id": "CRT-2",
      "caseNumber": "22-CV-100",
      "court": "District Court",
      "title": "Judgment",
      "date": "2026-06-01",
      "status": "judgment",
      "disposition": "judgment entered"
    }
  ]
}
JSON

An unpaid probe returns HTTP 402 with x402 payment requirements. After paying the exact USDC amount on Base, retry the identical request with a payment-signature header.

FAQ

  • Do I need an API key? No. Pay the listed USDC amount with x402.
  • What network? Base (eip155:8453), USDC.
  • Is this an official determination? No. Results are for human review against the cited sources.

Related APIs

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