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This is a documentation subpage for Template:Cite court. It may contain usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.

• Based on information from the article Case citation.

Usage

Copy a blank version to use. All parameter names must be lowercase. At this point, all fields are optional; however, this is subject to change as the template matures.

{{cite court |litigants= |vol= |reporter= |opinion= |pinpoint= |court= |date= |url= |accessdate= |quote=}}

{{cite court
|litigants=
|vol=
|reporter=
|opinion=
|pinpoint=
|court=
|date=
|url=
|accessdate=
|quote=
}}

Examples

• {{cite court |litigants=Parker v. D.C. |vol=478 |reporter=F.3d |opinion=370 |pinpoint=401 |court=D.C. Cir. |date=2007 |url=http://pacer.cadc.uscourts.gov/docs/common/opinions/200703/04-7041a.pdf |quote=As such, we hold it unconstitutional.}}
• Parker v. D.C., 478 F.3d 370, 401 (D.C. Cir. 2007) ("As such, we hold it unconstitutional.").

Description of fields

All fields are optional!

litigants

List of litigants, such as "Miranda v. Arizona"; also known as the title of the case. If a Misplaced Pages article using this exact string exists, a link will automatically be created. Alternately, if an article exists but another name is desired for display, a wikilink may be specified; i.e., "]". Note: This parameter should likely not be optional. This presently cannot be specified as title, which is inconsistent with other citation templates.

reporter

The abbreviated term for whatever reporter is being referenced; i.e., "U.S." for the U.S. Supreme Court's "United States Reports". Important: "reporter" in this context means an official law publication, not a journalist. This presently cannot be specified as work, which is inconsistent with other citation templates.

vol

Volume of the reporter. Only used for US case citations (and those given in the same format); otherwise, just include the information as part of reporter in the format given by the source. This presently cannot be specified as volume, which is inconsistent with other citation templates.

opinion

The opinion number, often the number of the first page of the case. Only used for US case citations (and those given in the same format); otherwise, just include the information as part of reporter in the format given by the source.

pinpoint

Identifies a specific part of a decision, typically by page or paragraph number. This presently cannot be specified as at, page, or pages, which is inconsistent with other citation templates.

court

The name or (optionally) standard abbreviation for the court being cited (e.g. "3d Cir." or "M.D. Ala." or "Allahabad High Court‎, India"). If the abbreviated form would be a red link, use the long one (even if it is also a red link for now). See here for a list of courts in the United States. In order for court to appear, date must also be specified. Note: This parameter also should likely not be optional.

date

The year or full date in which the court rendered its decision. Note: This parameter also should likely not be optional, or the court parameter will break.

url

A Web address for the court document(s). For example, for a U.S. Supreme Court case, the URL to FindLaw is http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=CASE&court=US&vol={{{vol}}}&page={{{page}}}. It may be permissible to use the URL of a Web page that provides summary information about the case, if the case documents are not available; however, an article about the case should be cited with {{Cite web}} or {{Cite news}}. This template is for citing a legal document and its wording directly.

access-dat or accessdate

The date that you viewed the URL, not the date of the case. This presently is not displayed, which is inconsistent with other citation templates.

via

Name of the website (republisher) if the URL does not go to the site of the reporter above. This presently is not displayed, which is inconsistent with other citation templates.

lang

Two-letter ISO 639-1 language code for the language in which the document is written, if it is not English (leave this parameter out if it is). This presently is not displayed, which is inconsistent with other citation templates.

archive-url or archiveurl

URL to a backup copy of the document at wayback.Archive.org or some other archival site. This presently is not displayed, which is inconsistent with other citation templates.

archive-date or archivedate

Date of the above archival. This presently is not displayed, which is inconsistent with other citation templates.

dead-url or deadurl

yes if the original URL no longer works; no or blank otherwise; controls what is done with the archive-url. This presently is not functional, which is inconsistent with other citation templates.

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