Find the case to cite for a proposition
find_authorityFind the case to cite for a proposition. Paste the proposition or the language you need authority for VERBATIM; do not convert it to keywords. The result names the source case to cite (source_case), the verbatim passage, and how many courts have adopted it (quoted_by_cases); match_kind says how it matched: exact_phrase (the passage contains your words), relaxed (it shares your distinctive words), proposition (a rule later courts cite that case for). A miss means no court has quoted or been cited for that wording; try find_issues for the doctrine, or search_cases with 3-4 distinctive words. Routing: a proposition or quoted language -> find_authority (pasted verbatim); a doctrine name or fact pattern -> find_issues; a party name, statute number or keywords -> search_cases. Quotation marks mean pasted from a tool result (opinion text, passage, best_match). If you typed a quote from memory, run verify_quote and use best_match. Run check_brief on the finished draft and apply its corrections. Copy cite_as for the citation (first page, then pin). The first 3 rows carry star_page and cite_as.
Input Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| state | No | Optional two-letter state code: relaxed and proposition matches are limited to that state's courts (falls back to all courts when it has none); verbatim exact-phrase matches from any court are kept, that state's first | |
| proposition | Yes | The proposition or quoted language, verbatim (three or more words; up to ~300 characters are used) |