Review Phase · Citation Validation BY KIRIN CHANG

cite.review

Step 1 (no AI): verify citations against authoritative legal sources. cite.review checks case citations through CourtListener, validates statutes and federal materials against Cornell LII and GovInfo, and cross-checks case name, court, and citation details to catch fabricated or mismatched authorities.

Step 2 (verified cases only): check memo support with AI. For each verified case, cite.review compares the memo context with verbatim opinion text and flags when the cited authority does not actually support the proposition in your draft.

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cite.review — review packet
8
Verified
2
Warning
3
Not Found
Citation Review Snapshot
Verified
Ashcroft v. Iqbal, 556 U.S. 662
Found in CourtListener cluster and case name matched.
Warning
Varghese v. China Southern Airlines
Name hit found, but citation index could not fully confirm reporter/page.
Not Found
Martinez v. Delta Airlines, 2019 WL 4639462
No verifiable free-database match; treat as suspect until independently confirmed.
Mix of real and fabricated citations: verified hits, warning mismatches, and true not-found authorities.
cite.review — support review
Memo claim
Memo argues tolling under the Montreal Convention during bankruptcy stay.
Claim extracted from the paragraph surrounding the citation before support analysis.
Opinion text
Key passage
Miller v. United Airlines, Inc., 174 F.3d 366
"The Montreal Convention limitations period remains subject to tolling in specific contexts..."
Citation Review Snapshot
Warning
Zicherman v. Korean Air Lines Co., 516 F.3d 1237
Partial support only; memo proposition extends beyond quoted holding.
Support check compares your memo language against verbatim opinion text, not a generated summary.
cite.review — deliverable export
HTML
Clean report
PDF
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CSV
Audit trail
Citation Review Snapshot
Cover
Ashcroft v. Iqbal, 556 U.S. 662
Exported as verified with CourtListener link.
Warning
Varghese v. China Southern Airlines
Marked for manual reporter/page confirmation in exported memo.
Not Found
Martinez v. Delta Airlines, 2019 WL 4639462
Flagged red with fallback research links (Westlaw / Scholar).
Export the same review state you see in-browser, without switching to a separate layout system.
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DOCX, PDF, TXT, Markdown, or HTML · Multiple files

↗ Original Mata v. Avianca filing

DOCX usually parses best. TXT, Markdown, and HTML also work.

For scanned PDFs: