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== Purpose ==
Judicial opinions or other documents created by U.S. federal judges are [https://www.copyright.gov/comp3/chap300/ch300-copyrightable-authorship.pdf considered "edicts of government"] and not copyrightable under U.S. copyright law.

== Usage ==
This template should be placed in the references section, if the article incorporates text from a [[Copyright status of work by the U.S. government|document created by the federal judiciary of the United States]]. It will add appropriate categories to the page, and provides a message for proper attribution.

== Example ==
In the code of the references section, insert <nowiki>{{Include-FedCourts}}</nowiki> immediately above or below the <nowiki>{{reflist}}</nowiki> or <nowiki><reflist></nowiki> reference. For example:

:<code><nowiki>Per Justice Stevens, "the question presented is whether the city’s proposed disposition of this property qualifies as a “public use” within the meaning of the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution."<ref name="citation">{{ussc |name=Kelo v. City of New London |link= |volume=545 |page=469 |pin= |year=2005}}.</ref></nowiki><br/><br/></code>

:<code><nowiki>=== References ===</nowiki><br/></code>
:<code><nowiki>{{Include-FedCourts}}</nowiki><br/></code>
:<code><nowiki>{{reflist}}</nowiki></code>

This would display as:

:Per Justice Stevens, "the question presented is whether the city’s proposed disposition of this property qualifies as a “public use” within the meaning of the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution."<ref name="citation">{{ussc |name=Kelo v. City of New London |link= |volume=545 |page=469 |pin= |year=2005}}.</ref>

:'''References'''
:{{Include-FedCourts}}
{{reflist}}


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