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Legal Citation Validation

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Legal Citation Validation

This agentic AI task automates legal citation validation and verification - essential for legal document processing agents. The task systematically:

  • Scans documents to identify and extract legal citations

  • Validates citation formats against established legal style guides

  • Verifies citation currency through legal database integration

  • Flags problematic citations (outdated, overruled, or incorrectly formatted)

  • Generates correction suggestions for non-compliant citations

  • Produces comprehensive citation audit reports


As a modular task, it seamlessly integrates with document management systems, legal research platforms, and citation management tools. The task delivers structured outputs including citation validity assessments, format corrections, and currency status updates, adaptable across different legal jurisdictions and citation styles. This automation significantly reduces manual verification time while enhancing citation accuracy and reliability in legal documents.

Example outputs:

{
  "identified_citations": [
    "Doe v. Smith Corp., 123 F.3d 456 (9th Cir. 2019)",
    "15 U.S.C. § 1125",
    "Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.100",
    "Johnson v. Tech Industries, 789 F. Supp. 2d 321 (S.D.N.Y. 2018)",
    "Green v. Blue Co., 456 A.2d 789 (Del. 2020)"
  ],
  "format_issues": [
    {
      "original": "Green v. Blue Co., 456 A.2d 789 (Del. 2020)",
      "correction": "Green v. Blue Co., 456 A.3d 789 (Del. 2020)"
    },
    {
      "original": "15 U.S.C. § 1125",
      "correction": "15 U.S.C. § 1125 (2021)"
    }
  ],
  "currency_issues": [
    {
      "citation": "Johnson v. Tech Industries, 789 F. Supp. 2d 321 (S.D.N.Y. 2018)",
      "status": "Partially overruled by Smith v. Digital Corp., 234 F.3d 567 (2d Cir. 2021)"
    }
  ],
  "correction_summary": [
    "Correct the reporter series in 'Green v. Blue Co.' citation from A.2d to A.3d",
    "Add the year to the U.S. Code citation",
    "Update or provide additional context for the citation to Johnson v. Tech Industries, as it has been partially overruled"
  ],
  "overall_assessment": "Medium",
  "citation_style_compliance": "Mostly Compliant"