mcp-server/src/legal_mcp/services/citation_extractor.py

@@ -236,7 +236,18 @@ async def extract_and_store(case_law_id: UUID) -> dict:
     if not row:
         return {"extracted": 0, "linked": 0, "new": 0, "skipped": 0, "error": "not_found"}
 
-    text = row["full_text"] or ""
+    # A citation counts as the DECIDING body's reliance ONLY when it appears in
+    # the discussion/ruling sections — never where a party cites a ruling in its
+    # own arguments (block ז). Reuse the halacha extractor's section selection
+    # (G2: a single definition of "reasoning sections" — legal_analysis/ruling/
+    # conclusion + the discussion-anchor, excluding facts/claims/intro) so a
+    # ruling cited only in appellant_claims/parties_claims is never attributed to
+    # the chair. Fall back to full_text only for un-chunked rows.
+    from legal_mcp.services import halacha_extractor as _hx
+    disc_chunks, _used_fallback = await _hx._select_extractable_chunks(case_law_id)
+    text = "\n".join((c.get("content") or "") for c in disc_chunks).strip()
+    if not text:
+        text = row["full_text"] or ""
     own_norm = _normalize_case_number(row["case_number"] or "")
 
     extracted = 0