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Income Taxes (Details) (USD $)
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
Effective Income Tax Rate [Abstract]    
Effective income tax rate, continuing operations 30.80%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations 2.20%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations
Income tax of equity in earnings of affiliates $ 2.4clgx_IncomeTaxOfEquityInEarningsOfAffiliates $ 1.5clgx_IncomeTaxOfEquityInEarningsOfAffiliates
Unrecognized Tax Benefits, Period Increase (Decrease) 21.6us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsPeriodIncreaseDecrease  
MSB/DQ Member [Domain]    
Effective Income Tax Rate [Abstract]    
Deferred Tax Assets, Tax Deferred Expense, Reserves and Accruals, Reserves $ 1.9us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesDeferredExpenseReservesAndAccruals
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= clgx_MSBDQMemberDomain