Template:Cite Pacer/comparison
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Comparison of template parameters
Parameter | Court Filings | Court Dockets | Notes | ||
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{{cite Pacer}} | {{PacerRef}} | {{cite Pacer Docket}} | {{PacerRef}}
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access-date | Optional | Ignored | Optional | Ignored | Date Filing or Docket was confirmed to exist on Recap and support text of article |
at | Ignored | Optional | Ignored | Ignored | Paragraph name of specific citation |
att-number | Optional | Optional | Ignored | Ignored | Attachment Number, for linking to PDF of attachment to main filing. Defaults to 0 for the main filing. |
case-district | Optional | Optional | Optional | Optional | 1- or 2- letter of abbreviation of district within a state. Defaults to "d" for when a state has no division into multiple districts. |
case-division | Required | Optional | Required | Optional | Number of a division within a particular court. |
case-prefix | Optional | Optional | Optional | Optional | Defaults to "No." |
case-sequence | Required | Optional | Required | Optional | Clerk-assigned sequence number for a particular division within a particular court during a particular year |
case-state | Required | Optional | Required | Optional | Two-letter official abbreviation of state (or D.C. for District of Columbia. Required for linking to documents. |
case-title | Optional | Optional | Optional | Optional | Name of the case, defaults to plaintiff v. defendant |
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
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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
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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