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Purpose

Judicial opinions or other documents created by U.S. federal judges are 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 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 {{Include-FedCourts}} immediately above or below the {{reflist}} or <reflist> reference. For example:

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>

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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."[1]
References
 This article incorporates public domain material from judicial opinions or other documents created by the federal judiciary of the United States.
  1. Kelo v. City of New London, 545 U.S. 469 (2005).