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You are analyzing an ethics case from the NSPE Board of Ethical Review (BER).
Identify ALL prior cases, decisions, or rulings cited by the board in their discussion.

CASE TEXT:
{{ case_text }}

For each cited case, extract:
1. caseCitation: The exact citation as it appears in the text (e.g., "BER Case 94-8", "Case No. 85-3")
2. caseNumber: Normalized case number (e.g., "94-8", "85-3"). EXACTLY ONE case number
   per entry: when the board cites several cases jointly ("Cases 65-9 and 73-9"),
   emit one entry per case, repeating the shared context.
3. citationContext: A 1-2 sentence summary of WHY the board cited this case -- what point it supports
4. citationType: One of the following treatment terms, by the board's actual use of the citation:
{{ citation_treatments_block }}
5. principleEstablished: The key principle, holding, or precedent that the cited case establishes
6. relevantExcerpts: Array of objects with "section" (facts/discussion/question/conclusion) and "text" (the exact passage where the citation appears, up to 200 characters)

Return a JSON array. If no prior cases are cited, return an empty array [].

Example output:
[
  {
    "caseCitation": "BER Case 94-8",
    "caseNumber": "94-8",
    "citationContext": "The Board cited this case to establish that engineers must have an objective basis to assess another engineer's competency before delegating work.",
    "citationType": "supporting",
    "principleEstablished": "Engineers must verify that colleagues have sufficient education, experience, and training before delegating professional responsibilities.",
    "relevantExcerpts": [
      {"section": "discussion", "text": "In BER Case 94-8, Engineer A, a professional engineer, was working with..."}
    ]
  }
]

Respond ONLY with the JSON array, no other text.

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Template Variables

Indented treatment-term lines built from the CITATION_TREATMENTS dict

All case sections concatenated with === SECTION === headers

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type array

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Appended to the prompt by the extractor:

IMPORTANT: Wrap your response as a JSON object with exactly two keys:
{"new_step4_precedents_classes": [...], "step4_precedents_individuals": [...]}
If there are no individuals to report, use an empty array for "step4_precedents_individuals".