The {{court case}} template is used to make a citation for a judicial opinion (the result of a court case). Sources that use the {{court case}} template are added to
Category:Court case sources.
Full syntax
| Template |
Parameter |
Description
|
{{court case
|title=
|volume=
|reporter=
|page=
|year=
|url=
|in=
|note=
|source-name={{subst:PAGENAME}}
}}
|
title
|
The title of the court case, e.g., Marbury v. Madison.
|
| volume
|
The volume number of the reporter that contains this case.
|
| reporter
|
An abbreviation for the publication that is reporting the case.
|
| year
|
The year of the case.
|
| url
|
One or more URLs where the decision can be found.
|
| in
|
A citation for the reporter itself, i.e., a publication containing the ordinance, ideally with a page number or range. Multiple citations can be specified, separated by spaces.
|
| note
|
A note to be appended to the end of the citation.
|
| source-name
|
The page name of this source (in the "Source" namespace). This is used to provide a link to the source page.
|
Usage examples
{{court case
|title=Mercer v. Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railroad
|volume=36
|reporter=Pa.
|page=99
|year=1859
|url=https://cite.case.law/pa/36/99/
|in=Pa-state-reports-36@99–104
|source-name=Mercer-v-pfwc
}}
Mercer v. Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railroad, 36 Pa. 99 (1859).
https://cite.case.law/pa/36/99/. In
Pennsylvania State Reports: Comprising Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, vol. XXXVI, pp. 99–104, Kay & Brother, Philadelphia, 1861 (Google Books
O_8_AAAAYAAJ). [
view source]
mercer-v-pfwc