Format based on information from the article Case citation.

Usage

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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.

Horizontal list
{{cite court |litigants= |litigants-force-plain= |vol= |reporter= |opinion= |pinpoint= |court= |date= |url= |quote= |postscript= }}
Vertical list
{{cite court
|litigants=
|litigants-force-plain=
|vol=
|reporter=
|opinion=
|pinpoint=
|court=
|date=
|url=
|quote=
|postscript=
}}

Examples

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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

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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={{SfnRef|Windsor|2013}} can be linked to from {{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 (see Wikipedia:Using the Wayback Machine), archive.today (see Help:Using archive.today), or other archival site.
url-status
This parameter controls whether |url= or |archive-url= is linked in the citation. Use live to 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

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Template Data

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This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Cite court in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Cite court

Cite a court judgment

Template parameters

ParameterDescriptionTypeStatus
Litigantslitigants

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]]".

Example
Miranda v. Arizona
Stringsuggested
Volumevol

Volume of the reporter

Unknownsuggested
Reporterreporter

The abbreviated term for whatever reporter is being referenced

Example
"U.S." for the U.S. Supreme Court's United States Reports
Stringsuggested
Opinion numberopinion

The opinion number, often the number of the first page of the case.

Stringsuggested
Pinpoint citationpinpoint

Identifies a specific part of a decision, typically by page or paragraph number.

Stringoptional
Court namecourt

The standard abbreviation for the court being cited

Example
3d Cir.
Stringsuggested
Datedate year

The year or date in which the court rendered its decision.

Datesuggested
Quotequote

A quote from the judgment

Stringoptional
Postscriptpostscript

The closing punctuation for the citation

Default
.
Stringoptional
URLurl

A web site or other online article with information on the case.

URLoptional
Archive URLarchive-url

The URL of an archived copy of a web page, if or in case the URL becomes unavailable

URLoptional
URL statusurl-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.

Suggested values
dead live
Default
dead
Stringoptional
Refref

Reference anchor identifier. Creates a target for links in shortened footnotes.

Unknownoptional
Old URLtext

Deprecated. Was previously used to create links following the citation.

Unknowndeprecated
Disable the linking of the litigants parameterlitigants-force-plain

If given any value, disables the automatic link.

Unknownoptional