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Template documentation[view] [edit] [history] [purge]Format 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.
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{{cite court |litigants= |litigants-force-plain= |vol= |reporter= |opinion= |pinpoint= |court= |date= |url= |quote= |postscript= }}
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Examples
- Using a pinpoint citation
{{cite court |litigants=Parker v. D.C. |vol=478 |reporter=F.3d |opinion=370 |pinpoint=401 |court=D.C. Cir. |date=2007 |url=https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=11156910755936011541&q=478+F.3d+370,&hl=en&as_sdt=40000006#p401 |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.").
- Using
|postscript=none
The Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 (RFRA) was enacted in the wake of {{cite court | litigants=Employment Div., Dept. of Human Resources of Ore. v. Smith | vol=494 | reporter=U.S. | opinion=872 | url=https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=10098593029363815472&q=494+U.S.+872&hl=en&as_sdt=40000006 | postscript=none }}, to provide a remedy to redress Federal Government violations of the right to free exercise under the First Amendment.- The Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 (RFRA) was enacted in the wake of Employment Div., Dept. of Human Resources of Ore. v. Smith, 494 U.S. 872, to provide a remedy to redress Federal Government violations of the right to free exercise under the First Amendment.
Description of fields
All fields are optional!
- litigants
- The title of the case, such as "Miranda v. Arizona". If a Wikipedia 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.,
[[Case article|This v. That]]. - litigants-force-plain
- If given any value, disables the automatic link.
- 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.
- 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. - 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.
- 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.
- date
- The year or full date in which the court rendered its decision. Alias: year.
- postscript
- Controls the closing punctuation for a citation; defaults to a period (
.); for no terminating punctuation, specify|postscript=none. Additional text or templates beyond the terminating punctuation may generate an error message. - quote
- Text quoted from the document. Displays enclosed in quotes and parentheses.
- ref
- Specify a reference name for shortened footnotes to link to, typicaly using {{SfnRef}}. For instance,
|ref=can be linked to from{{SfnRef|Windsor|2013}}{{Sfn|Windsor|2013}}. - url
- A Web address for the court document(s). For widely available US reporters, Google Scholar typically presents the best reading interface. One of several alternatives is FindLaw, which, for U.S. Supreme Court cases, has URLs of the form
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=CASE&court=US&vol={{{vol}}}&page={{{page}}}. An article about the case should be cited with {{Cite web}} or a specific{{cite xxx}}template. This template is for citing a legal document and its wording directly. - archive-url
- The URL of an archived copy of a document, at Internet Archive , archive.today , or other archival site.
- url-status
- This parameter controls whether
|url=or|archive-url=is linked in the citation. Useliveto select|url=when the document is preemptively archived; otherwise the template will select|archive-url=. If there is no archived copy, use{{dead link}}rather than this parameter.
Tracking categories
- Category:Pages using cite court with unknown parameters (320) – Note: Some unsupported parameters used in this template could be added to the template instead of removed from articles. Discuss potential changes and additions on the template's talk page.
Template Data
TemplateData for Cite court
Cite a court judgment
| Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
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| Litigants | litigants | The title of the case. If a Wikipedia 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., "[[Case article|This v. That]]".
| String | suggested |
| Volume | vol | Volume of the reporter | Unknown | suggested |
| Reporter | reporter | The abbreviated term for whatever reporter is being referenced
| String | suggested |
| Opinion number | opinion | The opinion number, often the number of the first page of the case. | String | suggested |
| Pinpoint citation | pinpoint | Identifies a specific part of a decision, typically by page or paragraph number. | String | optional |
| Court name | court | The standard abbreviation for the court being cited
| String | suggested |
| Date | date year | The year or date in which the court rendered its decision. | Date | suggested |
| Quote | quote | A quote from the judgment | String | optional |
| Postscript | postscript | The closing punctuation for the citation
| String | optional |
| URL | url | A web site or other online article with information on the case. | URL | optional |
| Archive URL | archive-url | The URL of an archived copy of a web page, if or in case the URL becomes unavailable | URL | optional |
| URL status | url-status | If set to 'live', the title display is adjusted; useful for when the URL is archived preemptively but still live. Set to "dead" for broken links.
| String | optional |
| Ref | ref | Reference anchor identifier. Creates a target for links in shortened footnotes. | Unknown | optional |
| Old URL | text | Deprecated. Was previously used to create links following the citation. | Unknown | deprecated |
| Disable the linking of the litigants parameter | litigants-force-plain | If given any value, disables the automatic link. | Unknown | optional |