Template:Infobox United States District Court case/sandbox

Infobox United States District Court case/sandbox

This is the template sandbox page for Template:Infobox United States District Court case (diff).
See also the companion subpage for test cases.

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This template employs intricate features of template syntax.

You are encouraged to familiarise yourself with its setup and parser functions before editing the template. If your edit causes unexpected problems, please undo it quickly, as this template may appear on a large number of pages.
You can conduct experiments, and should test all major changes, in either this template's sandbox, the general template sandbox, or your user space before changing anything here.

This infobox should italicize the article title automatically. If this is not required, add |italic title=no to the list of parameters. If this is required but the title is not being italicized, try |italic title=force.

1 Usage
2 Parameters
3 Technical information
4 See also

Usage

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This template summarizes information about a specific United States District Court case.

{{Infobox United States District Court case
| name               = 
| court              = 
| image              = 
| imagesize          = 
| caption            = 
| full name          = 
| date decided       = 
| docket             = 
| citations          = 
| transcripts        = 
| judge              = 
| prosecutor         = 
| counsel for plaintiff=
| plaintiff          =
| defendant          = 
| prior actions      = 
| subsequent actions = 
| holding            = 
| keywords           = 
}}

Parameters

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This infobox takes a number of parameters, which are optional unless indicated otherwise:

name: The short name of the case, which should preferably be the same as the article title. If the parameter is omitted, the article name is used.

court: The name of the court that the case was heard in. [[Wikilink]] the name to the Wikipedia article about the court. To cause the template to automatically display an image of the seal of the court, enter the name of the court as shown at {{Infobox United States District Court Case/images}}. That is, you must use the form "United States District Court for the (Northern/Southern/Eastern/Western/Middle) District of (State/Territory)" and make it a wikilink.

image: You should typically omit this parameter, as then the template automatically displays an image according to the scheme at {{Infobox United States District Court Case/images}}. You can alternatively provide a different image to represent the court, such as a photograph of a courthouse. Type the name of the image without the "File:" prefix and do not wikilink it.

imagesize: The width of the image in pixels, particularly if it is less than 150 pixels (px). Type the number without the "px" suffix ("120", not "150px"). If this parameter is omitted or called but left blank, the image size defaults to 150px.

caption: A caption for the image. Terms in the caption can be wikilinked, if desired.

full name: The full name of the case, including terms like "et al." ("and others"). Set out here any abbreviations that appear in the short name of the case in full.

date decided: The date the decision was handed down. Do not wikilink dates. (See Wikipedia:Manual of Style (dates and numbers)#Linking and autoformatting of dates)

citations: Citations of reports of the case. If a report is available online, use a citation template where available to generate an external link automatically, or else create a link manually.

transcripts: External links to transcripts of the case, where available.

judge: List the name of the District Judge sitting on the case. Where available, link the name to a Wikipedia article about the judge.

prosecutor: In criminal cases, list the name of the prosecutor(s) in the case. You may link to the appropriate U.S. Attorney's Office page (e.g., U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York). Where available, link the name(s) to a Wikipedia biography.

counsel for plaintiff: In civil cases, list the name of the counsel for plaintiff in the case. This may be an individual(s) or a law firm. Where available, link the name(s) to the appropriate Wikipedia articles.

defendant: If applicable, the name of the defendant(s) in the case. Where available, link the name(s) to a Wikipedia biography.

prior actions: Mention any prior trials or appeals. Where possible, link the name of a prior case to a Wikipedia article about the case, and link citations as described above.

subsequent actions: Mention any later appeals or retrials, if any. Where possible, link the name of a subsequent case to a Wikipedia article about the case, and link citations as described above.

related actions: Mention any related actions, for example, Mabo v Queensland (No 2) if the article is about Mabo v Queensland (No 1). Where possible, link the name of a related case to a Wikipedia article about the case, and link citations as described above.

holding: A very brief summary of the major findings or holdings in the case.

keywords: A list of keywords that describe the legal issues dealt with by the case. List keywords alphabetically, separate them with commas, and link them to appropriate Wikipedia articles wherever possible; for example, "[[Bailment]], [[common carrier]], [[negligence]], [[strict liability]]".

Technical information

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This section contains technical information to assist editors familiar with templates and parser functions to edit this template.

The |image= parameter in the template contains the following function: "{{#if:{{{image|}}}|[[File:{{{image}}}|{{#if:{{{imagesize|}}}|{{{imagesize}}}|150}}px]]|{{#ifeq:{{Infobox United States District Court Case/images|courtimage={{{court|}}} }}|None||[[File:{{Infobox United States District Court Case/images|courtimage={{{court}}} }}|{{#if:{{{imagesize|}}} | {{{imagesize}}}|150}}px]]}} }}".

The function does the following tasks:

If the parameter |image= is used in the template, that image is displayed. If a value is specified for |imagesize=, the image is given that width; otherwise the image width defaults to 150 px.
If |image= is not used, a check is done to see if the value of |court= is listed in {{Infobox United States District Court Case/images}}. If the result is "None", then no image is displayed. If the result is an image file (either the official seal of a court or a photograph of a courthouse), then the image file is displayed. Again, if a value is specified for |imagesize=, the image is given that width; otherwise the image width defaults to 150px.

JackLee came up with the first version of this function for {{Infobox Court Case/images}}, but thanks are due to Chris Cunningham for coming up with a cleaner solution that works better.