GAVEL
Briefs and filings
with receipts.
GAVEL checks every legal citation against the source of record and refuses to vouch for one it can’t confirm. Verdicts: VERIFIED, MISCITED, UNVERIFIED. Proven live against CourtListener.
cite 410 U.S. 113
source CourtListener · matched
VERIFIED
cite 999 U.S. 999
source not on record
verdict UNVERIFIED
Proven in-browser 2026-06-14. The never false-VERIFIED rule is load-bearing — GAVEL refuses honestly or it doesn’t ship.
Verdict taxonomy
- VERIFIEDcitation matches source of recordconfirmed
- MISCITEDcitation exists but does not support the claim
- UNVERIFIEDcannot confirm against source — refused honestly
Law’s turn. Every citation checked, every gap named. No vouching without proof.
The rule
GAVEL will not stamp VERIFIED on a citation it cannot confirm. UNVERIFIED is honest output — not a failure mode we hide.