# Summarize a case or regulation

Summarizes case law or regulations with holdings, reasoning, and implications.

- Topic: Legal & Compliance
- Framework: RCTFVV
- Level: Advanced
- Tags: Legal, Summarize, Fill-in Template
- Source: https://www.thinkwithprompt.com/prompts/summarize-a-case-or-regulation

## Prompt

```text
Role: Act as a paralegal preparing a summary note of a provided legal source.

Context: Source type and citation: [SOURCE_CITATION]. Full text or long extract provided: [SOURCE_TEXT]. Why we are looking at it / the question it might bear on: [OUR_QUESTION]. Audience: [AUDIENCE].

Task: Produce: for a case - parties, facts, procedural posture, issue(s), holding, the court's reasoning, and any dissent; for a regulation - scope, who it binds, the key obligations and dates, definitions that matter, and enforcement. Then a short 'relevance to us' note framed as questions for a lawyer, not conclusions. Keep pinpoint references to the source.

Format: Sections: Overview | Key content (holding / obligations) | Reasoning / detail | Relevance to us (as open questions). Pinpoint cites throughout.

Verification: Every statement must be traceable to a passage in the provided text - add the paragraph/section reference. Do not add context or related authority from memory.

Validation: Check the summary against the source for anything overstated or missing on the points relevant to our question. A lawyer should confirm the 'relevance' framing.
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## What to fill in

- SOURCE_CITATION
- SOURCE_TEXT
- OUR_QUESTION
- AUDIENCE

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