Find the citations that need a second look before you file.
CiteProof checks every citation and quotation in your brief against public court records. You get a report that shows what verified, what needs your attention, and what we could not check.
How it works
- Paste or upload. Paste your brief, or upload a .docx or .pdf file.
- We check. We pull out every citation and quoted passage and check them against public court records.
- You review. The report groups results by what needs your attention. Paid checks add quote verification with the closest matching passage and pin cite, and a downloadable Verification Record.
What we check
- Existence. Does the cited case exist in the public record?
- Identity. Does the citation point to the case your brief says it does, by name, court and year? Fabricated citations sometimes land on a real case at the same reporter location.
- Quotes (paid). Does the quoted passage appear in the opinion? We show the closest passage next to yours, with a pin cite, and flag small changes that alter meaning, such as a dropped “not” or a changed number.
What we do not check
- Whether a case supports the point you cite it for.
- Whether a case is still good law.
- Every possible citation error. Attorney review is still required under Rule 11 and your professional rules.
- Citations to materials other than reported court opinions, such as statutes, regulations and secondary sources.
Coverage. We check against public court records. Unpublished opinions, state trial-court rulings and citations that exist only in commercial databases may come back as “verify manually” or “couldn't check.” A “not found” result is never proof that a citation is fabricated.
What the report looks like
The report opens with a counts line, for example “87 citations found, 14 quotes found,” so you can see at a glance whether we read the whole document. Results fall into three groups: Verified, Needs attention (a citation that may not exist is listed ahead of a quote that is slightly off) and Couldn't check. If we can't read all or part of your document, a banner says so, and nothing on the page reads as an all-clear.
Who it is for
Litigators in solo and small firms who file briefs and want a fast second look, with no add-in to install, no research-service subscription required and no IT approval.
Your brief and your privacy
We do not store your brief. Only the citation strings we extract, such as 410 U.S. 113, are sent to CourtListener to resolve them. Looking up a case in full also reveals that case's identity to CourtListener. Your brief text and quotes are not sent to any third party. No AI model reads your brief: extraction and lookup are deterministic. Read the full Privacy Policy.
See it on real examples
Try the demo with no signup: an excerpt with fabricated citations from Mata v. Avianca, a clean excerpt, and an excerpt with an altered quote shown beside the real passage.
Questions
- Is this legal advice?
- No. CiteProof is software. It is not a law firm and does not create an attorney-client relationship.
- Why “Verification Record” and not a certificate?
- Because it records what we checked, when, and against which data. It does not certify that a filing is accurate or prove that you did your own review.
- Do you keep my brief?
- No. Free checks never store brief text — only counts, timestamps and a session ID. Paid checks keep their findings for 90 days — see the Privacy Policy.
- Which courts are covered?
- We start with federal courts, where our coverage is strongest. The report shows the data snapshot date and tells you what we could not check.
- Who runs this?
- CiteProof is operated from Nairobi, Kenya. Contact us at [email protected] or see the Contact page.