Jurisdiction hub

California legal research

California research often turns on statewide statutes, California Supreme Court authority, appellate district treatment, and local superior-court rules.

Attorney-review checklist

Separate statewide statute research from superior-court local rule review.
Check publication status before relying on California appellate authority.
Keep demand-letter citations tied to source links and attorney review notes.

California demand letter

Generate a citation-gated demand-letter packet for attorney review.

Small-firm workspace

Use free beta API access, audit controls, and team-ready citation workflows.

Post-Casetext workflow

Compare practical replacement workflows for verified legal research.

Public source map

California Codes

Use the Legislature site for current code text and history notes.

California Courts

Check published opinions and local court resources before filing.

CourtListener California

Useful for discovery, then verify against official or court-hosted text.

Research order of operations

California authority workflow

Start with the highest controlling source, then record whether each cited authority is binding, persuasive, amended, superseded, or limited by local practice. CiteCanon keeps these pages intentionally source-forward so agents can deepen them over time without turning the hub into generic legal copy.

Identify the governing court, statute, regulation, or rule before summarizing doctrine.
Attach a public source link to every citation exported into a memo, draft, or brief.
Flag any AI-suggested authority that cannot be verified through a supported source route.

Agent improvement queue

Next agent passes should add local rule links, controlling-court tables, citation examples, currentness checks, and state-specific drafting notes for California.