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Check an AI Case Citation: Does It Support the Claim?
Checking an AI case citation? Verify the case identity, the passage supporting your claim and later treatment before relying on it.
Try the method
An AI note says a case proves a broad rule. You find a matching case name and citation. What three checks remain?
Compare your answer
Locate and read the passage supporting the exact proposition; assess the context and limits; investigate later treatment and any relevant statutory change. Finding a case verifies its identity, not every claim made about it.
- Match the case names, court and citation.
- Read the passage supporting the precise claim in context.
- Investigate later treatment and relevant statutory change.
Sources and further reading
Use the original guidance alongside your course instructions. A source collection may have gaps; ask your law librarian if you cannot find an authority.
Accessible transcript
What the video says
Found a case an AI mentioned? You have completed one check, not the whole job. Match the names, court and citation. Open the judgment. Find the passage supporting the specific claim, and read it in context. Then check later treatment and relevant statutory change. A real case can still be used for the wrong proposition. If a free collection has no result, try your library or ask a librarian before declaring it fake. Record what you checked, and what remains uncertain. Quick check. Does finding a case prove the claim? No. Read and compare the supporting passage. Try the free exercise at durmah.ai.
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