Check the citations in your brief
Paste a passage from a brief, motion or memo. Every citation in it is looked up in the law on file, checked against the Bluebook rules, and checked for negative treatment. No account needed.
What each citation is checked for
- Existence — the case, statute or regulation is looked up in UpLaw's index of court opinions and primary law
- Treatment — an opinion later overruled, reversed or questioned is flagged, with the case that did it
- Form — Bluebook problems such as a missing court or year, or a reporter abbreviation, each with the Indigo Book rule it comes from
- Document rules — problems between citations, such as a broken Id. chain or signal order
- A Table of Authorities built from the citations found
Made-up citations
A citation that is well formed but cannot be found in any source the checker uses goes on a hand-check list. That is how a fabricated case shows up, including one produced by an AI drafting tool. A citation on that list is not proof that it is fake: verify it against the reporter before you file or withdraw it.
Whole documents and exports
With a research plan, CiteCheck takes the whole file — .docx, .pdf or .txt, with scanned PDFs read by OCR — and returns the Word document with a margin comment on each finding, a printable report, and a court-style Table of Authorities.
Frequently asked questions
Is it free?
Yes. Visitors get a few checks a day without an account, and a free account raises the daily allowance. The research plans have no daily cap and add file uploads and exports.
Can it catch citations an AI made up?
It flags every citation it cannot find in the sources it checks, which is where an invented case lands. Older, unpublished and some state decisions may not be indexed yet, so treat the list as what to verify by hand, not as a verdict.
Is the text I paste saved?
No. The text is checked and discarded. When a citation cannot be verified, the citation itself — not your text — is counted so the index can add the authorities people look for.
What citation formats does it read?
Bluebook-style citations to cases (official and regional reporters), the U.S. Code, the Code of Federal Regulations, the Federal Register, court rules and state codes. A citation in an unusual format may not be recognized; it is then simply not listed.
Can I rely on the result?
Use it to find problems, then read the authority. UpLaw provides legal information, not legal advice; confirm every citation and its treatment before you file.