Analyzing Individual Cases with Case-Specific Analysis

Summary

Learn how to use Vincent AI to generate reliable summaries and in-depth analyses of individual cases. By providing a specific citation, Vincent retrieves the full judgment text to provide accurate insights, flexible summaries, and lists of referenced authorities.

Why This is Important

Sometimes you don't need a broad research memo; you just need to understand a single, specific judgment quickly. Case-Specific Analysis allows Vincent to retrieve the full text of a case from the vLex library and analyze it in isolation. This ensures your summary is based on the actual court document, not just general AI knowledge, providing you with accurate, hallucination-free insights tailored to your specific needs.

How to Use Case-Specific Analysis

Vincent automatically switches to this mode when it detects a specific case citation within the Ask a Research Question or Default workflows.

1. Enter Your Query with a Full Citation

To trigger this feature, you must be specific. While Vincent knows famous cases by name, providing the full citation (Reporter and Year) ensures it retrieves the exact document you need.

• Too Vague: "Summarize Brown v. Board of Education"

• Correct: "Summarize Brown v. Board of Education, 347 U.S. 483 (1954)"

2. Vincent Retrieves and Analyzes

Once you submit the prompt:

1. Identification: Vincent confirms the query points to a single, identifiable case.

2. Retrieval: It pulls the full text of that case directly from the vLex library.

3. Analysis: It generates a structured response based only on that document.

Tailoring Your Output

One of the most powerful aspects of this feature is flexibility. Because Vincent is reading the full text, you can ask it to format the output to suit your specific audience or goal.

Try prompts like these:

• For Client Communication:

  "Please summarize the Supreme Court's ruling in United States v. Salerno, 481 U.S. 739 (1987) in a way that is suitable for my client who has low comprehension skills and a limited vocabulary."

• For Quick Review:

  "Please summarize the ruling in United States v. Salerno, 481 U.S. 739 (1987) in one single sentence."

• For Citations Checks:

  "Please provide a list of all the cases that United States v. Salerno, 481 U.S. 739 (1987) referenced."

Supported Jurisdictions

This capability currently supports cases from the following regions (working in both UK and US English settings):

• United States

• United Kingdom

• Ireland

• New Zealand

Best Practices & Limitations

• Be Specific: Always include the reporter and year. If you only use the case name (e.g., "NYT v. Sullivan"), Vincent may rely on its general training data rather than retrieving the specific file from the database.

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