> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.libratech.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Entscheidsuche

> Swiss federal and cantonal court decisions from entscheidsuche.ch, searchable and citable in any chat. Free, included.

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**Entscheidsuche** is the Swiss case-law portal at [entscheidsuche.ch](https://entscheidsuche.ch/), which collects the decisions federal and cantonal courts publish across Switzerland. Turn it on as a research source and Libra searches those decisions and cites them directly in your answer.

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    Say which canton and which years: *"Zurich cantonal rulings on non-compete enforceability since 2022"* — Libra turns those two into filters on the search, and the rest of the sentence into the terms it looks for.
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## What it covers

Entscheidsuche mirrors the decisions each Swiss court publishes online:

* **Bundesgericht** (BGer) — Federal Supreme Court (BGE and non-BGE).
* **Bundesverwaltungsgericht** (BVGer) — Federal Administrative Court.
* **Bundesstrafgericht** — Federal Criminal Court.
* **Bundespatentgericht** — Federal Patent Court.
* **Cantonal courts** that publish online (Obergerichte, Verwaltungsgerichte, and others).

Practice areas follow whatever the courts publish: civil, criminal, public, tax, migration, and social-insurance law.

Libra searches the portal by keyword, in German, French or Italian, and can narrow the search to particular cantons or to a date range. You don't set those filters yourself — Libra derives them from the way you phrase the question.

## What you can ask

* *"What is the leading Federal Supreme Court case law on non-compete clauses?"*
* *"Recent Bundesverwaltungsgericht decisions on asylum procedure since 2024."*
* *"Cantonal appellate decisions on tenancy termination during renovation."*

## Setup

None. Entscheidsuche is **Included** with any Swiss subscription, and because it needs no account of its own it isn't listed under **Settings → Integrations**. In the chat composer, choose **Research**, narrow the **Jurisdictions** filter to Switzerland, switch on **Entscheidsuche**, and ask your question.

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  Cantonal coverage depends on what each court publishes online, so it is broad but not exhaustive. For court-bound work, verify the decision through your firm's primary research source or the publishing court.
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## Entscheidsuche vs. OpenCaseLaw

Both cover Swiss case law and draw on the same public decisions, so you rarely need both at once. The difference is in how each one is searched.

|                 | Entscheidsuche                                                  | OpenCaseLaw                                                                                                                        |
| --------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| What it is      | The case-law portal at entscheidsuche.ch                        | A CC0 project that mirrors and normalises the same decisions                                                                       |
| How it searches | Keyword search, narrowed by canton and date                     | The same, plus quoted phrases, `AND`/`OR`/`NOT`, prefix matching and a language filter                                             |
| Best for        | A straightforward search of the portal as the courts publish it | Precise searches — an exact phrase, a docket number, a statute reference such as *Art. 8 BV*, or decisions written in one language |

See [OpenCaseLaw](/en/integrations/switzerland/opencaselaw) for the normalised view of the same decisions.

## Next steps

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  <Card title="Fedlex" icon="scale" href="/en/integrations/switzerland/fedlex">
    Official Swiss federal law; pair with case-law search.
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  <Card title="Switzerland overview" icon="flag" href="/en/integrations/switzerland/overview">
    Every Swiss research source and how to combine them.
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