Basic due diligence,
on every cite.
Run it on the brief across the table to see what their cites actually say. Run it on your own before you sign. Either way, you get a per-citation report with research you can defend.
What we check
CitationClerk checks every citation against CourtListener and the underlying court records:
- Does the case exist?
- Is the cite correct?
- Does each quoted passage appear in the cited opinion?
Your responsibility
You sign it. You own every cite in it.
Under FRCP 11 and Model Rules 1.1 and 5.3, lawyers are responsible for every citation in every filing they sign, regardless of who or what wrote it. Good faith is not a defense.
Mata v. Avianca, No. 22-cv-1461 (PKC), Hr'g Tr. 9:17–19 (S.D.N.Y. June 8, 2023).
How we check
We look in multiple places.
If a case isn't where it should be, we keep looking through dockets, court records, and public archives before reporting back. Recent decisions, slip opinions, and cases that aren't in the usual databases each have their own retrieval path.
We locate every quote.
When a brief quotes a case, we pull the opinion text and find the language inside it. Ellipses, internal quotation marks, and "(cleaned up)" attribution are all handled. If we still can't find it, we let you know.
We show our work.
Every verdict links back to a public source you can read: the matched opinion, the located passage, the statute text. Reproducible, not asserted.
We stick to the record.
We don't summarize cases or tell you what they stand for. We check the record and leave the practice of law to you, the lawyer.
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Submit a brief.
We follow each citation to its source, check the quotes inside, and email you a per-citation report you can defend. Typically under 15 minutes.
Billed only on a successful report
Your brief is stored securely, never used to train AI, and deleted after 30 days. Verification is deterministic, so the brief is never sent to a third-party model. See our privacy policy and terms.
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