citation

CourtListener citation object

LegalCourt DataCase LawPACERJudicialCitationsOral ArgumentsFederal CourtsState CourtsOpen Data

Properties

Name	Type	Description
absolute_url	string
blocked	boolean
citation	array
case_name	string
docket_number	string
federal_cite_one	string
federal_cite_three	string
federal_cite_two	string
id	integer
lexis_cite	string
neutral_cite	string
opinion_uris	array
resource_uri	string
scotus_early_cite	string
specialty_cite_one	string
state_cite_one	string
state_cite_regional	string
state_cite_three	string
state_cite_two	string
westlaw_cite	string

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JSON Schema

{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "$id": "https://www.courtlistener.com/schemas/citation.json",
  "title": "citation",
  "type": "object",
  "description": "CourtListener citation object",
  "properties": {
    "absolute_url": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "blocked": {
      "type": "boolean"
    },
    "citation": {
      "type": "array"
    },
    "case_name": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "docket_number": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "federal_cite_one": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "federal_cite_three": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "federal_cite_two": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "id": {
      "type": "integer"
    },
    "lexis_cite": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "neutral_cite": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "opinion_uris": {
      "type": "array"
    },
    "resource_uri": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "scotus_early_cite": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "specialty_cite_one": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "state_cite_one": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "state_cite_regional": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "state_cite_three": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "state_cite_two": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "westlaw_cite": {
      "type": "string"
    }
  }
}

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