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Format links to a number of common caselaw sources Template parameters [Edit template data] Parameter Description Type Status Case case name of legal case, possibly including wikitext citation Example ''Brown v. Board of Education'', {{ussc|347|483|1954|el=no}} String required Cornell LII link cornell URL on Legal Information Institute at Cornell Law School Example https://www.law.cornell.edu ...
If this case is an appeal, name the court from which the appeal immediately came. Link the name if possible. If the case at the lower court has its own article, that case can be linked in parentheses after the name of the court. More complicated or longer histories can use the prior actions field alongside this field or instead of it. String ...
USC via Cornell: when citing one of a series of USC sections, where it would be redundant to display the full citation for each section, this template can be used to display only the section number. {{ United States Code subsection }} , {{ USCSub }}
The predominant legal style guide is the Bluebook. Wikipedia articles generally follow Bluebook format for case names and case citations. Leave off given names and only include the first plaintiff/petitioner and the first defendant/respondent. Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly, not Bell Atlantic Corp., et al. v. William Twombly and Lawrence Marcus
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It's good practice to add categories for the specific kinds of case law the case represents. The categorization structure is a mess, but Category:United States federal case law is pretty much top-level. The template automatically adds the appropriate Chief Justice category, but remember that not all of their tenures were contiguous. Sometimes ...
Legal eWrite, by Amiicuss LLC, a legal document formatting software that allows you to insert citations and automatically add them to the Table of Authorities. [19] Clearbrief, an add-in for Microsoft Word that allows the user to generate an instant table of authorities with the click of a button. Save hours of time when Clearbrief compiles a ...
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