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Card 387 of 9982026-09-01 issue

Observed arrival · 2026-09-01

How Judges Rule, a search engine for judicial reasoning

howjudgesrule.com Observed source
Editorial interest 79/100 Selection signal · not a rating of the site

A legal-research product that lets lawyers search judges' past rulings with natural-language questions and structured filters.

Landing page captured for the 2026-09-01 issue.

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The interface combines a sentence-style query with docket-like filters, allowing users to search by judge, county, date range, outcome, support range, and whether findings were issued. The illustrated family-law search covers 2016–2026 and reports 31 matching cases with 44 findings of fact. Results include a quoted passage, source page image, citation, docket link, and sortable case comparison; the site says coverage currently spans one circuit.

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⊠LoginAccess appeared gated
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●ProPolished or operationally mature
◎NicheUnusually specific use

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