For some links to US cases citing Wikipedia, and discussing whether and when to cite Wikipedia, see my essay
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Final_exam_for_wikilawyers#Question_2 For a short article on a Chilean case, see http://www.greenbag.org/v11n2/v11n2_hendrick.pdf Regards, Newyorkbrad On 6/17/15, Paolo B. <tito...@gmail.com> wrote: > The Philippines' Supreme Court has, on some occasions, cited Wikipedia > articles in their decisions to provide supplementary background > information. Here's one example---and one that was written as early as 2005! > > http://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/jurisprudence/2005/jan2005/155282.htm > > (the citation is on Footnote #34, near the bottom of that page) > > More examples can be found here: > https://www.google.com.ph/search?q=site%3Asc.judiciary.gov.ph+wikipedia&oq=site%3Asc.judiciary.gov.ph+wikipedia&aqs=chrome..69i57j69i58.16344j0j7&sourceid=chrome&es_sm=93&ie=UTF-8 > > There are probably more that doesn't show up on the Google search link > above. This is because the Supreme Court has published the more recent > decisions as PDF files. Since some of the decisions are scanned PDFs rather > than true PDFs, some recent Wikipedia citations might not have been indexed > (yet). > > > Regards from Manila, > Paolo > > > On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 5:03 PM, Tomasz Ganicz <polime...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Szymon Grabarczuk (Tar Lócesilion) - made a study how many times Wikipedia >> was cited in Polish courts, by browsing public database of courts' >> decissions: >> >> https://depot.ceon.pl/handle/123456789/2232 >> >> He counted (till 2012) 223 such cases :-) >> >> Some uses of Wikipedia by the courts are quite controversial. I mean - it >> may happed that someone edit or even write an article in order to use it >> as >> an argument in the court. I personally would not liked to be judged based >> on Wikipedia entires :-) >> >> >> >> >> 2015-06-17 10:49 GMT+02:00 Pine W <wiki.p...@gmail.com>: >> >> > To the best of my knowledge, the US Supreme Court has yet to cite >> > Wikipedia, but US Federal appeals courts have done so. Also, a state >> > supreme court cited Wikipedia prominently in a decision about insurance >> > coverage: >> > >> > >> http://abbottlawfirm.com/blog/2012/08/16/utah-supreme-court-cites-wikipedia-in-published-decision/ >> > >> > Pine >> > On Jun 16, 2015 5:35 PM, "Salvador A" <salvador1...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> > > Hi folks! >> > > >> > > This month one mexican federal court generated an interesting case law >> > > related to use of Wikipedia as source of knowledge on trials, >> > > specially >> > in >> > > law resolutions. The tribunal that solved this was the "Tribunal >> Federal >> > de >> > > Justicia Fiscal y Administrativa". This court is not the supreme court >> of >> > > Mexico but is the most important tribunal after that one in all the >> > matter >> > > related to tax and administrative law and its precedents are binding >> for >> > > all mexican administrative authorities and al the judges on >> > administrative >> > > and fiscal law. >> > > >> > > The case law is the number VII-J-SS-191 and you can read it in the >> > > next >> > > link: >> > > >> > > (only in Spanish) >> > > >> > > http://sctj.tfjfa.gob.mx/SCJI/assembly/detalleTesis?idTesis=41716 >> > > >> > > The title is at the same time a brief of the content of the precedent, >> > and >> > > it can be translated in this way: >> > > >> > > *"Wikipedia".- The information that is obtained from this website can >> > help >> > > to elucidate some controversial matter, thence the courtrooms of this >> > > tribunal may use it when ruling.* >> > > >> > > Inside the text the court makes a fair clarication: "*It must not be >> the >> > > only source of knowledge in which the resolutions are based on [...] >> the >> > > judges must care about gathering diversity of sources of information >> such >> > > as specialized books, encyclopedia, including the electronic ones, >> [...] >> > > and others*." >> > > >> > > Maybe is just a curiosity, but for me is ilustrative of the good >> > reputation >> > > that our work is getting even in some closed circles as the law >> practice. >> > > At least in Mexico is not common to see a court quoting Wikipedia, but >> > > maybe this first precedent might change the things. >> > > >> > > Do you know other similar case laws? >> > > >> > > Regards! >> > > >> > > [1] >> > > >> > > >> > >> https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribunal_Federal_de_Justicia_Fiscal_y_Administrativa >> > > -- >> > > *Salvador Alcántar* >> > > *@salvador_alc* >> > > _______________________________________________ >> > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: >> > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines >> > > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, >> > > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: >> > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines >> > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, >> > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> Tomek "Polimerek" Ganicz >> http://pl.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Polimerek >> http://www.ganicz.pl/poli/ >> http://www.cbmm.lodz.pl/work.php?id=29&title=tomasz-ganicz >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines >> Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, >> <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> >> > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
