Citation Checking
Check every citation in a document for accuracy and support, and flag anything that does not hold.
What It Does
The agent verifies each citation against its source, flags quotes that are off or unsupported, and reports what to fix.Without it: Bad or unsupported citations slip into filings under deadline and damage credibility with the court.
- Resolves every cite in the citation index first, so an invented reporter number surfaces
- Checks the pin cite lands on the page the proposition is actually made on
- Flags authority the database records as reversed, superseded, or withdrawn
- Reports into the filing checklist and edits nothing in the draft itself
Illustrative example
A 40-page appellate brief in the sign-off queue carries citations the associate has not re-read since drafting. The agent reports a quotation that drops a negative from the original, pin cites landing a page off the proposition, and an authority the database records as superseded, each with a link to the source text, and changes nothing in the document itself. The associate makes the fixes and the partner signs.
DMS
The draft filing
Case-law database
Source text, treatment
Citation index
Cites to resolve
Filing checklist
Items before sign-off
Citation checking
WatchStarts when
A draft filing is finished and queued for sign-off
How far it goes
it flags and records, and takes no action itself
Citation verification
Run against sources
Unsupported claims
Flagged
Fix list
Reported to the checklist
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