diff --git a/web-ui/src/components/precedents/library-list-panel.tsx b/web-ui/src/components/precedents/library-list-panel.tsx
index 32f4bce..65403c3 100644
--- a/web-ui/src/components/precedents/library-list-panel.tsx
+++ b/web-ui/src/components/precedents/library-list-panel.tsx
@@ -456,7 +456,8 @@ export function LibraryListPanel() {
   const [editingId, setEditingId] = useState<string | null>(null);
   // Which of the two corpora to show. Both queries stay mounted (counts +
   // cross-table polling), but only the active table renders — no long scroll.
-  const [view, setView] = useState<"court" | "committee">("court");
+  // Default to committee decisions (the chair's primary corpus).
+  const [view, setView] = useState<"court" | "committee">("committee");
 
   const sharedFilters = {
     practiceArea: practiceArea || undefined,