Use one authority record per real person or organization. Source-specific roles and credit order belong in Source Contributions.
Identity
Canonical identity
Record the preferred public name and normalized Sort Name. For people, separate given, middle, family, and suffix fields when known.
Disambiguation
Record affiliations, dates, pseudonyms, similarly named people, or other details needed to prevent mistaken identity.
Authority summary
Issuing federal trial court for United States v. Motlow, 13 F.2d 645.
Verification note
Institutional identity is anchored to the court's official website and the case citation. ORCID does not apply.