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+
+from __future__ import annotations
+import json
+import re
+from typing import Any
+
+from agents.base_agent import BaseAgent
+from core.models import CitationAnalysis, CitationStatus, CitationVerificationResult, ConfidenceLevel
+from core.logging import logger
+from graph.state import AnalysisState
+from services.courtlistener import courtlistener_client
+
+
+class CitationAgent(BaseAgent):
+
+    @property
+    def system_prompt(self) -> str:
+        return (
+            "You are a legal citation verification specialist with expertise in Bluebook format. "
+            "Extract all legal citations from the provided text and verify each one. "
+            "For each citation assess: format compliance, logical consistency, and authenticity. "
+            "Return ONLY a JSON object with this exact structure:\n"
+            "{\n"
+            '  "citations": [\n'
+            '    {\n'
+            '      "citation": "full citation text",\n'
+            '      "status": "VALID"|"INVALID"|"NEEDS_REVIEW",\n'
+            '      "confidence": "HIGH"|"MEDIUM"|"LOW",\n'
+            '      "issues": "description or null",\n'
+            '      "recommendations": "correction or null"\n'
+            "    }\n"
+            "  ]\n"
+            "}"
+        )
+
+    def format_user_message(self, state: dict[str, Any]) -> str:
+        summary = state.get("summary", "")
+        arguments = state.get("arguments", "")
+        return (
+            f"Extract and verify all legal citations from the following text:\n\n"
+            f"SUMMARY:\n{summary[:2000]}\n\n"
+            f"ARGUMENTS:\n{arguments[:2000]}"
+        )
+
+
+def _parse_citation_result(raw: str) -> CitationVerificationResult:
+    """Parse LLM JSON output into CitationVerificationResult."""
+    try:
+        cleaned = re.sub(r"```(?:json)?\s*|\s*```", "", raw).strip()
+        match = re.search(r"\{[\s\S]*\}", cleaned)
+        if not match:
+            return CitationVerificationResult(total=0, valid=0, invalid=0, needs_review=0)
+
+        data = json.loads(match.group())
+        citations_raw = data.get("citations", [])
+
+        citations: list[CitationAnalysis] = []
+        valid = invalid = needs_review = 0
+
+        for c in citations_raw:
+            status_str = c.get("status", "NEEDS_REVIEW")
+            try:
+                status = CitationStatus(status_str)
+            except ValueError:
+                status = CitationStatus.NEEDS_REVIEW
+
+            if status == CitationStatus.VALID:
+                valid += 1
+            elif status == CitationStatus.INVALID:
+                invalid += 1
+            else:
+                needs_review += 1
+
+            confidence_str = c.get("confidence", "MEDIUM")
+            try:
+                confidence = ConfidenceLevel(confidence_str)
+            except ValueError:
+                confidence = ConfidenceLevel.MEDIUM
+
+            citations.append(CitationAnalysis(
+                citation=c.get("citation", ""),
+                status=status,
+                confidence=confidence,
+                issues=c.get("issues") or None,
+                recommendations=c.get("recommendations") or None,
+            ))
+
+        return CitationVerificationResult(
+            total=len(citations), valid=valid, invalid=invalid,
+            needs_review=needs_review, citations=citations,
+        )
+
+    except Exception as exc:
+        logger.warning("citation_parse_failed", error=str(exc))
+        return CitationVerificationResult(total=0, valid=0, invalid=0, needs_review=0)
+
+
+async def verify_with_courtlistener(citations: list[CitationAnalysis]) -> list[CitationAnalysis]:
+    """
+    Cross-check LLM-identified citations against CourtListener's Citation
+    Lookup API. Downgrades citations the LLM marked VALID but that don't
+    exist in CourtListener's database — a strong hallucination signal.
+    """
+    verified: list[CitationAnalysis] = []
+    for c in citations:
+        if c.status != CitationStatus.VALID:
+            verified.append(c)
+            continue
+
+        result = await courtlistener_client.lookup_citation(c.citation)
+        if result is None:
+            c = CitationAnalysis(
+                citation=c.citation,
+                status=CitationStatus.NEEDS_REVIEW,
+                confidence=ConfidenceLevel.LOW,
+                issues="Citation not found in CourtListener database — may be hallucinated",
+                recommendations="Manually verify this citation before use",
+            )
+        verified.append(c)
+    return verified
+
+
+def _recount(result: CitationVerificationResult) -> CitationVerificationResult:
+    """Recompute valid/invalid/needs_review counts after the hallucination guard."""
+    valid = sum(1 for c in result.citations if c.status == CitationStatus.VALID)
+    invalid = sum(1 for c in result.citations if c.status == CitationStatus.INVALID)
+    needs_review = sum(1 for c in result.citations if c.status == CitationStatus.NEEDS_REVIEW)
+    return CitationVerificationResult(
+        total=len(result.citations), valid=valid, invalid=invalid,
+        needs_review=needs_review, citations=result.citations,
+    )
+
+
+async def citation_node(state: AnalysisState) -> AnalysisState:
+    agent = CitationAgent()
+    raw = await agent.run(state)
+    result = _parse_citation_result(raw)
+
+    if result.citations:
+        verified_citations = await verify_with_courtlistener(result.citations)
+        result = _recount(CitationVerificationResult(
+            total=result.total, valid=result.valid, invalid=result.invalid,
+            needs_review=result.needs_review, citations=verified_citations,
+        ))
+
+    return {**state, "citation_verification": result}
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