Data codebook

related_cases

API table: related_cases

Links to other cases and the reasons Case Search gives for those links.

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A field with a fixed, closed set of values lists that set below. A field with documented codes lists its known values, and shows a meaning for the ones that have been described. Other value lists are not published here. Licensed clients can read them through GET /metadata.

Case Number

API field: case_number

Maryland Judiciary case number that links this related-case relationship to case_info.

Served type
String
Nullability
Always present on a served row
Query capabilities
  • selectable
  • filter: equals

Populated on 100% of served rows (10,745,654 of 10,745,654) and on 100% of records collected since 2026 (10,745,654 of 10,745,654), measured October 15, 2026 at 03:03 UTC

Relationship Reason

API field: reason

Reason or procedural relationship supplied for the related case.

Served type
String
Nullability
May be null
Query capabilities
  • selectable
  • filter: equals
  • filter: set
  • aggregate group

Populated on 100% of served rows (10,745,654 of 10,745,654) and on 100% of records collected since 2026 (10,745,654 of 10,745,654), measured October 15, 2026 at 03:03 UTC

Related Case Row ID

API field: id

CaseHarvester's own identifier for this related case row.

Served type
Integer
Nullability
Always present on a served row
Query capabilities
  • selectable
  • filter: equals
  • filter: set
  • filter: greaterThan
  • filter: greaterThanOrEqual
  • filter: lessThan
  • filter: lessThanOrEqual
  • filter: inRange

Populated on 100% of served rows (10,745,654 of 10,745,654) and on 100% of records collected since 2026 (10,745,654 of 10,745,654), measured October 15, 2026 at 03:03 UTC

Generated from the current served catalog.