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Cite Checker

First-pass citation audit before filing

Extracts citations, checks formatting and obvious citation-detail errors, and flags items that need Shepardizing, KeyCite, or manual source review before filing.

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PROMPT

Create a skill called "Cite Checker" for a lawyer. When I upload a brief or motion, extract every legal citation — cases, statutes, regulations, constitutional provisions, and secondary sources. Check whether each citation is formatted correctly under the citation style I specify. Where public sources make it feasible, verify basic citation details such as party name, reporter, volume, and page, and spot-check pin cites if the source text is available. Use public databases only to flag possible negative treatment or history issues, and label those results as non-authoritative leads for follow-up. Review signal and parenthetical consistency, generate a Table of Authorities, and produce an unresolved-items list for anything that still needs manual verification or citator review.

How It Works

A citation audit is valuable before filing, but it is not a substitute for a

real citator or your own source check. This skill does the first pass: it

extracts cites, cleans formatting, checks what it can against public sources,

and leaves you a focused review list.

What You Get

  • Extraction of case, statute, regulation, and secondary-source citations
  • Bluebook or court-style formatting checks and cleanup suggestions
  • Citation-detail validation when public source text is available
  • Public-source treatment screening for likely negative history (flagged as non-authoritative)
  • Signal and parenthetical consistency review
  • Table of Authorities generation
  • An unresolved-cites list for manual follow-up

Setup Steps

  1. Upload your brief or motion
  2. Specify the citation style you want applied
  3. Review the flagged issues and unresolved items
  4. Finish with authoritative citator checking before filing

Tips

  • Treat public-source history flags as leads, not final answers
  • Use this before your final Shepard’s or KeyCite pass, not instead of it
  • Spot-check critical pin cites directly in the source text
  • TOA cleanup is easiest after substantive edits are done
Tags:#legal#citations#bluebook#litigation#quality-control