Template:Cite Pacer Docket/doc
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Usage
The Cite Pacer Docker template generates a citation for a recent US Federal Court Case archived for free at Recap based on copyright-free original public documents made available by the PACER Service. As with other citation templates, this template can be used either in a footnote (between <ref>...</ref> tags) or in a section that lists sources.
If the correct parameters are used, this template produces output via the general purpose citation template, {{Citation}}.
Regardless of which citation templates are used or even if none are used at all, all citations should have the same format throughout an article in the saved, rendered text.
Note: All parameter names must be lowercase.
Simple citations
This section covers all parameters. You can copy the horizontal form or vertical form below and then remove extra parameters from the full list. Spacing and ordering of the parameters within the template is irrelevant and does not affect the final, rendered text.
{{Draft:Template:Cite Pacer Docket |plaintiff= |defendant= |date= |case-division= |case-year= |case-type= |case-sequence= |case-state= |case-district= |pacer-number= |access-date= |use-pacer= |use-recap= |case-title= |recap-number= |ref= }}
{{Draft:Template:Cite Pacer Docket
| plaintiff =
| defendant =
| date =
| case-division =
| case-year =
| case-type =
| case-sequence =
| case-state =
| case-district =
| pacer-number =
| access-date =
| use-pacer =
| use-recap =
| case-title =
| recap-number =
| ref =
}}
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- Required Parameters
- plaintiff: The Plaintiff, used to build ref and case-title if not set
- defendant: The Defendant, used to build ref and case-title if not set
- date: date case was filed
- case-division: The location within the district (division office) where the court is held.
- case-year: The year or last two digits of the year the case was filed. Additional letters may be appended to disambiguation cases filed the same year.
- case-type: "cv" for civil case, "cr" for criminal cases, "bk" for bankruptcy cases.
- case-sequence: The clerk's serial number for the case within the section and year.
- case-state: Two-letter abbreviation for state. Use dc or DC for District of Columbia
- case-district: 1- or 2-letter abbreviation for which Federal district the court is in, optional if the state has only one district. Use "sd" for Southern District, "cd" for Central District, etc.
- Optional Parameters
- pacer-number: The electronic filing number for the case; unique within a district. OPTIONAL
- access-date: Date when the online docket was accessed. ILLEGAL if pacer-number and recap-number both unset
- use-recap: Link to Recap if either recap-number or pacer-number is set. "no" is the only useful non-default value. OPTIONAL
- use-pacer: Link to PACER if pacer-number is set. "no" is the only useful non-default value. OPTIONAL
- case-title: The name of the case, optional if plaintiff and defendant set OPTIONAL
- recap-number: The database number for the case, not needed if pacer-number is set. But if only this is set, only a Recap link can be made. OPTIONAL
- ref: The name by which this citation may be short-linked to, optional if plaintiff and defendant set OPTIONAL
Examples
{{Draft:Template:Cite Pacer Docket
| plaintiff = CREW
| defendant = Trump
| date = Jan 23, 2017
| case-division = 1
| case-year = 2017
| case-type = cv
| case-sequence = 00458
| case-state = NY
| case-district = sd
| recap-number = 467802
| access-date = Jul 14, 2017
}}
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{{Draft:Template:Cite Pacer Docket
| plaintiff = CREW
| defendant = Trump
| date = Jan 23, 2017
| case-division = 1
| case-year = 2017a
| case-type = cv
| case-sequence = 00458
| case-state = NY
| case-district = sd
| pacer-number = 467802
| access-date = Jul 14, 2017
}}
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Template:Draft:Template:Cite Pacer Docket |
{{Draft:Template:Cite Pacer Docket
| plaintiff = CREW
| defendant = Trump
| date = Jan 23, 2017
| case-division = 1
| case-year = 2017b
| case-type = cv
| case-sequence = 00458
| case-state = NY
| case-district = sd
| pacer-number = 467802
| access-date = Jul 14, 2017
| use-pacer = no
}}
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Template:Draft:Template:Cite Pacer Docket |
{{Draft:Template:Cite Pacer Docket
| plaintiff = CREW
| defendant = Trump
| date = Jan 23, 2017
| case-division = 1
| case-year = 2017c
| case-type = cv
| case-sequence = 00458
| case-state = NY
| case-district = sd
| pacer-number = 467802
| access-date = Jul 14, 2017
| use-recap = no
}}
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Template:Draft:Template:Cite Pacer Docket |
{{Draft:Template:Cite Pacer Docket
| plaintiff = CREW
| defendant = Trump
| date = Jan 23, 2017
| case-division = 1
| case-year = 2017d
| case-type = cv
| case-sequence = 00458
| case-state = NY
| case-district = sd
| pacer-number = 467802
| access-date = Jul 14, 2017
| use-pacer = no
| use-recap = no
}}
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{{Draft:Template:Cite Pacer Docket
| plaintiff = CREW
| defendant = Trump
| date = Jan 23, 2017
| case-division = 1
| case-year = 17e
| case-type = cv
| case-sequence = 00458
| case-state = Ny
| case-district = Sd
}}
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Template:Draft:Template:Cite Pacer Docket |