EXAMPLE REPORT — made-up brief with planted errors, for illustration only
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Verification Report

Document checked
Example brief (illustration only -- not a real filing)
Date of check
2026-10-19
Report ID
CITE11-EXAMPLE

8 case citations checked: 4 verified (2 with wording that differs from the opinion), 1 case confirmed, 2 could not be verified, 1 not found.

Checked against CourtListener's public case-law database as of 2026-10-19 — not every court and reporter is covered; see the sections below for the specific reason for each citation.

Verified means: the citation exists, it resolves to the case named, and, when the opinion text was available to check, any quoted language attributed to it appears in that text. A row says when a detected quote was not checked. It does NOT mean the case is still good law, does not report treatment (overruled, reversed, superseded), and does not mean the case supports the proposition it was cited for. Case confirmed means the case was confirmed by name, court, and year, but the reporter citation itself is not on CourtListener's record, so the volume and page could not be checked. On a quotation, “Found — minor punctuation difference” means the words match and only punctuation or hyphenation differs. Belongs to a different case means the citation or docket number exists but is another case. Not confirmed means the public record could not answer; it is not the same as not found.

Citations reviewed

Verified (4)

The citation exists and resolves to the case named. Where a quote was checked, the quoted language appears in the opinion text; a row says when a detected quote was not checked or its wording differs from the opinion.

#Citation as writtenFindingOpinion it resolved toQuoted passage
1 Ashcroft v. Iqbal, 556 U.S. 662 Verified Not on record —
2 Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly, 550 U.S. 544 Verified Not on record —
3 Okafor v. Belmont Transit Authority, 341 F. Supp. 3d 220 Wording differs from the opinion — compare before filing Not on record Quoted: “a common carrier owes no duty absent gross negligence” — Wording differs from the opinion — compare before filing
Closest passage we found in the opinion (for comparison): “We have long recognized that a common carrier owes a heightened duty of care to its passengers, not a duty triggered only by gross negligence.” (paragraph 2)
4 Delgado v. Summit Ridge Apartments, LLC, 229 F. Supp. 3d 884 Wording differs from the opinion — compare before filing Not on record Quoted: “a landlord who personally supervises renovations assumes strict liability for every subcontractor on site” — Wording differs from the opinion — compare before filing
No similar passage found in the opinion.

Case confirmed (1)

These cases exist in the public record, but their reporter citations are not on file, so the volume and page could not be checked.

#Citation as writtenFindingOpinion it resolved toQuoted passage
5 Harmon v. Castellan Freight Co., 214 F.3d 902 Case confirmed: this case exists, but its reporter citation isn't on file, so the volume and page could not be checked. Not on record —

Could not be verified (2)

Cite11 could not confirm these citations against the public record. Each row states the specific reason and what to do about it.

#Citation as writtenFindingOpinion it resolved toQuoted passage
6 Ngo v. Harrison, 2021 WL 998877 This is a Westlaw/LEXIS proprietary citation number, not a court reporter Cite11 can check
Proprietary citation (Westlaw/Lexis). Supply the reporter citation to check.
Not on record —
7 Price v. Danvers Mfg. Co., 77 F.3d 410 Not checked — try again
CourtListener did not respond in time. Try checking this citation again.
Not checked Not checked

Not found (1)

No source in the public record Cite11 checks answers to these citations. Treat as unverified and confirm in your primary source.

#Citation as writtenFindingOpinion it resolved toQuoted passage
8 Whitfield v. Larchmont Holdings, 998 F.4th 112 No public record found
We searched by citation and by case name and found no matching case. No match here is not proof the case doesn't exist; confirm it in the original source before relying on it.
Not on record —

Finish the check

Every citation below still needs attorney action before you rely on it. Tick each off as you resolve it.

  1. The case was confirmed, but its reporter citation is not on file, so the volume and page could not be checked
    1. Confirm the volume and page (Harmon v. Castellan Freight Co., 214 F.3d 902) in Westlaw, Lexis or the court's record
  2. No public record found — confirm it in the original source before relying on it
    1. Re-check the citation (volume/reporter/page) for a transcription error against your original source (Free, about 1 minute)
    2. Search the court’s own website for the opinion (the court is in the citation’s parenthetical; find it in the U.S. Courts directory) (Free, about 3 minutes)
    3. Search Google Scholar's Case Law database for the case name alone, in case it exists under a different citation (Free, about 2 minutes)
    4. If nothing turns up, treat this as unverified: confirm with a citator or remove it before filing (Paid (Westlaw KeyCite/Lexis Shepard’s, optional), about 2 minutes)
  3. Wording differs from the opinion — compare before filing
    1. Cite11 could not match this quotation word for word in the opinion text it has (it may be a paraphrase, an altered quotation, or another source’s words). Open the linked opinion and compare the wording yourself (Free, about 2 minutes)
  4. Wording differs from the opinion — compare before filing
    1. Cite11 could not match this quotation word for word in the opinion text it has (it may be a paraphrase, an altered quotation, or another source’s words). Open the linked opinion and compare the wording yourself (Free, about 2 minutes)
  5. Westlaw/Lexis citation number — not a court reporter Cite11 can check, and no match found by name
    1. Search vLex Fastcase — free with your State Bar of Arizona membership (log in at azbar.org first) (Free (Arizona bar member benefit), about 3 minutes)
    2. Maricopa County Law Library Resource Center — free Westlaw Patron Access on-site, and vLex from home with a free library card (Free, about 5 minutes)
    3. If it is a federal case, search RECAP dockets for "Ngo v. Harrison" and find the docket number (Free, about 3 minutes)
    4. Then pull the order from PACER if RECAP does not have it (Paid — $0.10 per page, never more than $3 per document; waived if you spend $30 or less in a quarter, about 5 minutes)
    5. Ask the filer for a copy of the unpublished opinion — federal appellate rules require a party citing an unpublished opinion that is not in a public database to file a copy with the brief (Free, about 5 minutes)
    6. Check in Westlaw — sign in, then paste "2021 WL 998877" into the search box (Paid (your Westlaw subscription), about 1 minute)
    Cite11 cannot query Westlaw or Lexis directly. Sign in with your own subscription; if the link does not open the citation, paste it into the search box.
  6. CourtListener did not respond in time for this citation
    1. Re-run the check — this is usually a transient timeout (Free, about 1 minute)
    2. If it times out again, search CourtListener directly for "Price v. Danvers Mfg. Co., 77 F.3d 410" (Free, about 2 minutes)

Summary (generated from the results above)

8 case citations checked: 4 verified (2 with wording that differs from the opinion), 1 case confirmed, 2 could not be verified, 1 not found. At least one citation had the case confirmed, with the reporter citation not on file, so the volume and page could not be checked. At least one citation had no public record found. At least one citation fell outside Cite11's confirmed coverage. At least one citation could not be checked. Okafor v. Belmont Transit Authority, 341 F. Supp. 3d 220: the wording of the quotation differs from the opinion; compare before filing. Delgado v. Summit Ridge Apartments, LLC, 229 F. Supp. 3d 884: the wording of the quotation differs from the opinion; compare before filing. Ngo v. Harrison, 2021 WL 998877 was outside coverage. No public record was found for Whitfield v. Larchmont Holdings, 998 F.4th 112.

Methodology

Every case citation listed above was checked against CourtListener's case-law and docket archives as of 2026-10-19. A citation is confirmed only when the case it cites and the case that citation number actually refers to are the same case. Language quoted from a case is compared with the opinion text when that text is available; a row says when a detected quote was not checked. No AI is used anywhere in this report. Every result is produced by fixed rules and record matching.

Full plain-language explanation of what this check covers and what it does not: https://cite11.com/methodology

Limitations