Citations

Resolve citation strings, look up case details, and traverse the citation network. All citation endpoints are available via the REST API for integration into your own tools.

Formats

The citation engine supports US citation formats:

Jurisdiction	Format	Example
US	Bluebook	410 U.S. 113 (1973)
US	ALWD	410 U.S. 113 (1973)

Citations are cross-referenced. Searching by one format returns all known citation strings for that case.

Resolve a Citation

Paste a citation string to get the full case record:

“410 U.S. 113”

Returns Roe v. Wade with court, date, bench, and all citation strings.

API

curl -X POST https://api.vaquill.ai/api/v1/citations/resolve \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer vq_key_..." \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"citation": "410 U.S. 113"}'

Search Cases

Search by title, keyword, or topic:

curl -X POST https://api.vaquill.ai/api/v1/citations/search \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer vq_key_..." \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"query": "right to privacy", "limit": 10}'

Citation Network

Every case is linked to the cases it cites and the cases that cite it.

A cited section expanded to its exact source text, with the list of supporting citations — Each citation links to its exact source text

Backward Citations (Cases Cited)

curl https://api.vaquill.ai/api/v1/citations/{case_id}/citations-of \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer vq_key_..."

Forward Citations (Cited By)

curl https://api.vaquill.ai/api/v1/citations/{case_id}/cited-by \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer vq_key_..."

Freshness

Status	Meaning
Good Law	Not overruled or questioned
Overruled	Explicitly overruled by a later decision
Distinguished	Later courts limited its application
Questioned	Later courts expressed doubt

Verify case freshness before citing in a filing.

Export Styles

100+ citation styles supported:

Bluebook (legal standard)
APA, MLA, Chicago
OSCOLA (Oxford standard)
Regional conventions

Select your style from conversation settings or at export time.

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Formats

Resolve a Citation

API

Search Cases

Citation Network

Backward Citations (Cases Cited)

Forward Citations (Cited By)

Freshness

Export Styles

​Formats

​Resolve a Citation

​API

​Search Cases

​Citation Network

​Backward Citations (Cases Cited)

​Forward Citations (Cited By)

​Freshness

​Export Styles

Formats

Resolve a Citation

API

Search Cases

Citation Network

Backward Citations (Cases Cited)

Forward Citations (Cited By)

Freshness

Export Styles