Template:Cite Pacer/comparison

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Comparison of template parameters

Parameter Court Filings Court Dockets Notes
{{cite Pacer}} {{PacerRef}} {{cite Pacer Docket}} {{PacerRef}}


access-date Required Required Required Required Notes
at Required Required Required Required Notes
att-number Required Required Required Required Notes
case-district Required Required Required Required Notes
case-division Required Required Required Required Notes
case-prefix Required Required Required Required Notes
case-sequence Required Required Required Required Notes
case-state Required Required Required Required Notes
case-title Required Required Required Required Notes
case-type Required Optional Required Optional Format is a pair of lowercase letters
case-year Required Required3 Required Required3 Format is year (2- or 4-digits) followed by optional alphabetic distinguisher
date Required Optional Required Optional Date document filed or for dockets, date case began
defendant Required Required2 Required Required2 Short form of lead defendant
doc-number Required Optional Ignored Ignored Set to docket number of PDF document
docket Ignored Optional4 Ignored Required4 Defaults to .doc-number.att-number for documents. Set to "yes" or "Docket" for dockets
pacer-number Optional Ignored Optional Ignored Allows linking to live subscription docket
page Ignored Optional Ignored Ignored Ignored if at or pages is set
pages Ignored Optional Ignored Ignored Hyphenated page range. Ignored if at is set


pdf-page Ignored Optional Ignored Ignored Number of actual page of PDF, regardless of human-readable numbering. Defaults to page
plaintiff Required Required1 Required Required1 Short form of lead plaintiff


recap-number Optional Optional Optional Ignored Required to link to PDF or free (Recap) docket. Defaults to pacer-number
ref Optional Optional Optional Optional Anchor name of long form citation. Should only be used if default scheme breaks down
title Required Required Optional Required5 Full or short document title; for dockets defaults to plaintiff v. defendant
use-pacer Optional Ignored Optional Ignored "no" prevents linking to Subscription-based Docket
use-recap Optional Optional Optional Ignored "no" prevents linking to PDF of filing or HTML of Docket

1{{PacerRef}} uses positional parameter 1 as a short-hand for plaintiff

2{{PacerRef}} uses positional parameter 2 as a short-hand for defendant

3{{PacerRef}} uses positional parameter 3 as a short-hand for case-year

4{{PacerRef}} uses positional parameter 4 as a short-hand for docket

5{{PacerRef}} uses positional parameter 5 as a short-hand for title