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CaseMap: Source-Grounded Legal Case Reports You Can Actually Cite

CaseMap: Source-Grounded Legal Case Reports You Can Actually Cite Legal research keeps colliding with the same problem: summaries that paraphrase, invent, or bury the page where a fact actually lives. CaseMap is built to do the opposite — turn a case PDF into a report that stays grounded in the source text, with verbatim quotes and page citations , so you can trust and cite what you read. Try it…

Legal research often runs into the same issue: summaries that paraphrase, invent, or hide the exact place of a fact. CaseMap aims to do the opposite. It converts a case PDF into a report that stays firmly linked to the source text, complete with verbatim quotes and page citations, ensuring the information you read can be trusted and cited.

To try it, visit the product page at https://casemap.ecocodes.in. A showcase is available at CaseMap on vibecode.law, and you can watch a demo video at https://youtu.be/hy4J97sSVpI. The CaseMap process starts with uploading or opening a case PDF. It then processes the document to produce a structured case report. The report links each claim back to the exact wording and page numbers from the source, rather than a free-form rewrite.

This approach is crucial for lawyers, researchers, and anyone who cannot afford to rely on inaccurate or paraphrased legal holdings or soft paraphrases of statutes. Privacy is prioritized from the start. After processing, CaseMap is designed to keep sensitive material browser-local whenever possible. The aim is to provide useful AI assistance without carelessly sending your case files into a black box you cannot audit.

CaseMap is intended for advocates, in-house counsel, researchers comparing holdings across lengthy judgments, students learning to read cases while retaining the page trail, and builders exploring source-grounded document AI. If this approach to legal research resonates with you, you can access the live product at https://casemap.ecocodes.in.

Feedback, bug reports, and notes about citation paths breaking on specific PDFs are welcome to help improve the tool. CaseMap was built with the hard constraint of not inventing or paraphrasing away the source in mind. Vasim Ahmed Shaikh is the creator. Refer to the official product page and community showcase when sharing or citing CaseMap.

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