Wikipedia:Wikipedia in judicial opinions

This project seeks to compile quotes of instances of Wikipedia being relied upon as a source in significant judicial opinions.^[1] Please note that judicial opinions are edicts of government: U.S. Federal court decisions are “works of the United States government,” which are exempted by statute from copyright protection^[2]; in addition, some courts in the United States have held that, as a consequence of the requirements of due process, edicts of state governments are not copyrightable either. In the vast majority of cases, however, citations to Wikipedia are minor footnotes fleshing out points tangential to the litigation at issue.

For a table of a much larger selection of opinions which have used Wikipedia as a source, see Wikipedia:Wikipedia as a court source.

^ Detailed analysis of Wikipedia's use in judicial opinions can be found in Jason C. Miller and Hannah B. Murray, Wikipedia in Court: When and How Citing Wikipedia and Other Consensus Websites is Appropriate. St. John's Law Review, Vol. 84, No. 2, 2010.
^ See 17 U.S.C. &sec; 105.

[1] Detailed analysis of Wikipedia's use in judicial opinions can be found in Jason C. Miller and Hannah B. Murray, Wikipedia in Court: When and How Citing Wikipedia and Other Consensus Websites is Appropriate. St. John's Law Review, Vol. 84, No. 2, 2010.

[2] See 17 U.S.C. &sec; 105.

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