Template:Include-FedCourts/doc

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 immediately above or below the  or reference. For example:





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."


 * References