 | This template should always be substituted (i.e., use {{subst:SCOTUS-case}}). |
Usage
editThis template is for starting new articles on United States Supreme Court cases that have been decided by the Court.
Syntax: {{subst:SCOTUS-case|Litigants|USVol|USPage|DecideDate|DecideYear|Holding}}
This template uses but does not populate the most common fields of {{Infobox SCOTUS case}}.
New cases that are docket-only
editCases that have been decided by the Court but have not been printed in the US Reporter only have docket numbers. The optional Docket option implements that possibility.
Syntax: {{subst:SCOTUS-case|Litigants|USVol|___|DecideDate|DecideYear|Holding|Docket=}}
Argument and decision dates
edit- The earlier cases do not include the argument and decision dates in the opinion. The canonical list through Volume 107 (1883) is available from the Supreme Court's website.
- Sample citation: "Dates of Supreme Court decisions and arguments United States reports volumes 2 – 107 (1791 – 1882)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-06-10.
Common manual fixes
edit- It's good practice to add categories for the specific kinds of case law the case represents. The categorization structure is a mess, but Category:United States federal case law is pretty much top-level.
- The template automatically adds the appropriate Chief Justice category, but remember that not all of their tenures were contiguous. Sometimes, the Chief Justice seat has been vacant. Use your judgement for what to do in those cases.
- Use {{SCOTUS-case-talk}} to populate the talk page.
- If the year category does not exist, it should be created. Just copy the contents of any other analogous year category like this one so the new one is properly categorized.