Every case citation the AI emits is checked against CourtListener, the public US case-law database maintained by the Free Law Project. Each AI reply shows a citation banner summarizing what was found:

Verified (green): the case citations matched real cases in the database. Verified cites are linked through to CourtListener.
Likely fabricated (red): a case citation did not match any real case. Treat it as fabricated until you confirm it in primary authority.
Unchecked (amber): the authority is a statute, rule, or regulation — we don't auto-check those. Confirm them yourself.

Validation also degrades to "unchecked" if CourtListener is slow or unreachable, so an unchecked badge isn't a guarantee either way. If you find a citation we marked verified but is wrong, email support@draftiro.com — those reports help us tune the validator.