> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://api.clearinghouse.net/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://api.clearinghouse.net/api-reference-v2p1/objects/case/summaries.md).

# Summaries

## summary

(*string*)

A summary of the case, formatted in HTML.

## summary\_published\_date

(*string*)

The date and time that the summary was published, in the format `"YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:[ss[.uuuuuu]][TZ]"`. The time zone (`TZ`) will be either `-5:00` for Eastern Standard Time or `-4:00` for Eastern Daylight Time.

## summary\_updated\_date

(*string*)

## summary\_short

(*string*)

An abridged summary of the case.

## summary\_tiny

(*string*)

A 1-2 sentence summary of the case. We use tiny summaries to post tweets on the [Clearinghouse's Twitter account](https://twitter.com/civilrightsch) (where we append a link to the case), so tiny summaries are limited to 257 characters.

### summary\_authors

*(array \[string])*

An array of strings with summary author first and last name and the date they wrote the summary in parentheses.