QuickCITE® Signals

A QuickCITE signal appearing next to a case name indicates whether the decision has received positive, negative, cautionary, or neutral treatment in subsequent judgments. The signal is a summary of the annotation information available from the list of appeal proceedings and cases referring to this case, and it also provides a link to the corresponding QuickCITE record. Keep in mind that not every case has a QuickCITE signal.

A QuickCITE signal appearing next to a statute or regulation name indicates a QuickCITE legislation citator record is available.

SignalSummaryExplanation
Citation Information IndicatorCase citation informationA case citation information signal indicates a case citator record is available, but no known history or treatments. Select the signal to view the case citator record.
Positive Treatment IndicatorPositive treatmentA positive (green) signal indicates the decision has positive history (affirmed, judicial review denied, or leave to appeal refused by a higher court) or positive treatments (followed or followed in a minority opinion of by subsequent court).
Cautionary Treatment IndicatorCautionary treatmentA cautionary (yellow) signal indicates the decision has been subsequently distinguished by a subsequent court.
Negative Treatment IndicatorNegative treatmentA negative (red) signal indicates the decision has a negative history (judicial review allowed, reconsideration allowed, reversed, quashed, or varied by a higher court) or negative treatments (not followed or questioned by a subsequent court).
Neutral Treatment IndicatorNeutral treatment

A neutral signal indicates the decision has neutral treatments (mentioned, explained, cited, or cited in a dissenting opinion) or has history (abandoned, abated, leave to appeal granted, reconsideration denied, related proceeding, same case, or supplementary reasons by a subsequent court) where the citing court does not comment on the case.

Note: A neutral signal is also given to cases that have been added to Lexis Advance within the past 3 business days, but which have not yet been assigned a QuickCITE treatment.
Legislation Citator Information IndicatorLegislation citation informationA legislation citation information signal indicates a legislation citator record is available. Select the signal to view the legislation citator record.

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