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This tool reads new Texas court documents twice a day and surfaces two things: (A) cases worth knowing about, and (B) documents that may cite made-up court cases. Everything here is a lead to check — never a proven fact. A human verifies before anything is reported.

The sections

Part A — Cases worth knowing about. New cases a reporter may want to be aware of, based on what the case is about.
Part B — Possible fabricated case law. Documents that cite a case which couldn't be found at all — the cited case itself may be made up. Check these.
Quotes worth a second look. The cited case is real (so NOT a fabrication), but a quoted passage wasn't found in it, or the citation uses a source we don't index — confirm the wording.
Part C — Seen but not readable yet. Cases we found but whose text isn't available yet; we re-check them automatically.

Color key

blue chip = priority scoregreen tag = news topicred edge = cited case not foundorange edge = quote not in the real casefaded = low-confidence (usually fine)

Glossary

Court ruling (opinion)	A decision written by a judge.
Lawyer filing	A document a lawyer submits to a court (a brief, a motion).
Court code	Short code for a court, e.g. txsd = U.S. District Court, S.D. Texas; tex = Texas Supreme Court. We show the full name on each card.
Tier 1	The cited case could not be found at all — it may not exist. This is the fabrication signal (Part B).
Tier 2	The cited case is REAL, but the quoted words were not found in it. Not a fabrication — just confirm the wording (second-look section).
Status 200 / 404 / 400	200 = real case found · 404 = looks like a citation but not found · 400 = the reporter (the book it cites) isn't real.
Low-confidence	Citations from commercial services (Westlaw/LEXIS) or very old cases that normally come back 'not found' — usually NOT a fabrication.
Match ratio	How closely the quote matched the real opinion, 0 to 1. Low = likely not in the case; high = probably a normal quotation.
Beat	The news topic a case fits (immigration, public corruption, healthcare fraud…).
Score	A priority number — higher means more worth a reporter's attention.
Docket	A case's official file of everything filed in it.
Pending	We saw the case but its document text isn't readable yet; we retry later.

New cases: 0 · 0 newsworthy · 0 possible fabrications · 0 to double-check · 0 pending

Part A — Cases worth knowing about (newsworthy)

No cases over the newsworthiness threshold.

Part B — Possible fabricated case law (cited case not found — CHECK these)

No fabrication leads — no cited case came back missing.

Quotes worth a second look (real cases — confirm the wording, not fabrications)

These cited cases are real. Either a quoted passage wasn't found in the opinion, or the citation uses a source CourtListener doesn't index — confirm before relying on it.

Nothing to double-check.

Part C — Seen but not readable yet (pending)

None.