Never file a brief with a citation that doesn’t say what you think it says.
CiteVerify reads the actual opinion behind every cite in your brief and tells you when the cited authority doesn’t support the proposition. Plus catches hallucinated cases, format errors, AI artifacts, and negative-treatment warnings — all in one report, in under a minute.
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Four layers of verification
Most cite-checkers stop at “does this case exist.” CiteVerify keeps reading.
✓ Validity
Every citation cross-checked against CourtListener’s 10M+ opinion corpus. Hallucinated cases caught immediately — not relayed back as “valid.”
→ Proposition Support
The killer feature. CiteVerify reads the actual opinion and tells you when the cited authority doesn’t support the sentence carrying the cite. Catches overstatement, partial support, and the “real case, wrong proposition” failure mode.
⚜ Bluebook Format
Reporter abbreviations, spacing, court abbreviations, and case-name formatting per Bluebook 22nd ed. Rule 6.1(a). Suggested corrections one-click copyable.
⚠ Treatment Status
Walked through CourtListener’s citation graph for negative treatment — overruled, abrogated, criticized, or questioned by later courts. Surfaces the most relevant warning case for each cite.
! AI Artifact Detection
Scans for unfilled placeholders ([INSERT CASE NAME], TODO:), AI self-reference (“as an AI language model”), and refusal language that LLM-assisted drafts sometimes leave behind.
§ Statute Verification
U.S.C., C.F.R., and 50-state criminal codes verified against official source text. Catches wrong section numbers and repealed statutes.
vs. the alternatives
The proposition-support check is where CiteVerify differentiates. Other tools verify the cite exists; CiteVerify verifies it says what you claim it says.
Feature parity at a glance
| Feature | CiteVerify | Westlaw Quick Check | PerfectIt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Citation validity | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| Proposition support | ✓ | — | — |
| Bluebook format | ✓ | partial | ✓ |
| Treatment status | ✓ | KeyCite | — |
| AI artifact detection | ✓ | — | — |
| Statute verification | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| Per-document pricing | ✓ | — | — |
| No subscription required | ✓ | — | annual |
Three steps. Under a minute per brief.
Drop the file. Review the report. File with confidence.
Upload
Drop a .docx, .pdf, or .txt brief, or paste the text. Up to 25 MB.
Verify
Every citation extracted, validated against CourtListener, format-checked, and (optionally) verified for proposition support.
Fix
Color-coded report. One-click clipboard copy for format corrections. Verbatim passages from the actual opinion when proposition support is confirmed.
Simple pricing. Pay per document or subscribe.
Per-doc pricing matches the market. Subscription scales when you’re filing weekly.
Per Document
- 1-10 pages$10
- 11-20 pages$15
- 21-35 pages$20
- 36-50 pages$30
Cite-Check Pro
- Unlimited briefs—
- All four verification layers—
- Export reports as PDF—
- Priority queue—
ClientShield Platform
- Everything in Pro—
- + AI research (CourtListener)—
- + Discovery / Brady analyst—
- + PII anonymization—
One bad citation can end a career.
Attorneys have been sanctioned for filing briefs with fabricated citations and propositions that don’t match the cited authority. CiteVerify catches both — before the brief reaches the court.
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