diff --git a/server/templates/case_page.html b/server/templates/case_page.html
index d3025dd..b6dc63f 100644
--- a/server/templates/case_page.html
+++ b/server/templates/case_page.html
@@ -436,40 +436,6 @@
                     </svg>
                 </button>
             </form>
-            {% else %}
-            <form
-                class="delete-form"
-                method="post"
-                action="/cases/{{ case_id }}/close"
-            >
-                {% call csrf::field(csrf_token) %}
-                <button
-                    type="submit"
-                    class="delete-btn"
-                    title="Fall schließen"
-                    aria-label="Fall schließen"
-                >
-                    <svg
-                        xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
-                        viewBox="0 0 24 24"
-                        width="18"
-                        height="18"
-                        fill="none"
-                        stroke="currentColor"
-                        stroke-width="2"
-                        stroke-linecap="round"
-                        stroke-linejoin="round"
-                    >
-                        <path d="M3 6h18"></path>
-                        <path
-                            d="M19 6v14a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H7a2 2 0 0 1-2-2V6"
-                        ></path>
-                        <path d="M8 6V4a2 2 0 0 1 2-2h4a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2"></path>
-                        <line x1="10" x2="10" y1="11" y2="17"></line>
-                        <line x1="14" x2="14" y1="11" y2="17"></line>
-                    </svg>
-                </button>
-            </form>
             {% endif %}
         </h1>
         {% match recorded_at_iso %} {% when Some with (iso) %}
@@ -623,13 +589,27 @@
             </div>
             <div id="doc-body">{{ html|safe }}</div>
         </div>
+        {% if !is_closed %}
+        <div class="doc-footer-actions">
+            <form id="copy-close-form" method="post" action="/cases/{{ case_id }}/close">
+                {% call csrf::field(csrf_token) %}
+                <button type="submit" class="copy-close-btn">Kopieren + Schließen</button>
+            </form>
+            <p id="copy-close-error" class="copy-error" role="alert" hidden>
+                Kopieren fehlgeschlagen — Fall nicht geschlossen.
+            </p>
+        </div>
+        {% endif %}
         <script>
             (() => {
-                const btn = document.getElementById("copy-btn");
-                if (!btn) return;
-                btn.hidden = false;
-                btn.addEventListener("click", async () => {
-                    const text = document.getElementById("doc-body").innerText;
+                // Shared two-path clipboard write: async Clipboard API in
+                // secure contexts, textarea + execCommand fallback otherwise.
+                // Returns whether the copy actually succeeded so callers can
+                // gate the follow-up close on it.
+                async function copyDocText() {
+                    const body = document.getElementById("doc-body");
+                    if (!body) return false; // no document → nothing to copy
+                    const text = body.innerText;
                     let ok = false;
                     try {
                         if (navigator.clipboard && window.isSecureContext) {
@@ -637,7 +617,7 @@
                             ok = true;
                         }
                     } catch (_) {
-                        /* fall through */
+                        /* fall through to execCommand */
                     }
                     if (!ok) {
                         const ta = document.createElement("textarea");
@@ -652,11 +632,35 @@
                         } catch (_) {}
                         ta.remove();
                     }
-                    if (ok) {
-                        btn.classList.add("copied");
-                        setTimeout(() => btn.classList.remove("copied"), 1500);
-                    }
-                });
+                    return ok;
+                }
+
+                const copyBtn = document.getElementById("copy-btn");
+                if (copyBtn) {
+                    copyBtn.hidden = false;
+                    copyBtn.addEventListener("click", async () => {
+                        if (await copyDocText()) {
+                            copyBtn.classList.add("copied");
+                            setTimeout(() => copyBtn.classList.remove("copied"), 1500);
+                        }
+                    });
+                }
+
+                // Combined "copy then close": the clipboard write must finish
+                // inside the user-gesture context before the form navigates,
+                // and a failed copy aborts the close so the user never loses a
+                // document they believed was on the clipboard.
+                const closeForm = document.getElementById("copy-close-form");
+                if (closeForm) {
+                    closeForm.addEventListener("submit", async (e) => {
+                        e.preventDefault();
+                        if (await copyDocText()) {
+                            closeForm.submit(); // close → 303 → /cases
+                        } else {
+                            document.getElementById("copy-close-error").hidden = false;
+                        }
+                    });
+                }
             })();
         </script>
         {% when None %} {% match analysis_failed %} {% when Some with (failure) %}
@@ -743,7 +747,16 @@
             {{ recordings_count }} Aufnahme{% if recordings_count != 1 %}n{%
             endif %}, davon {{ transcribed_count }} transkribiert.
         </div>
-        {% endif %} {% endmatch %} {% endmatch %}
+        {% endif %} {% endmatch %}
+        {% if !is_closed %}
+        <div class="doc-footer-actions">
+            <form method="post" action="/cases/{{ case_id }}/close">
+                {% call csrf::field(csrf_token) %}
+                <button type="submit" class="copy-close-btn">Schließen</button>
+            </form>
+        </div>
+        {% endif %}
+        {% endmatch %}
 
         <div>
             <a
diff --git a/server/tests/case_page_test.rs b/server/tests/case_page_test.rs
index 0e1c87a..deaf33c 100644
--- a/server/tests/case_page_test.rs
+++ b/server/tests/case_page_test.rs
@@ -295,6 +295,10 @@ async fn case_page_empty_case_shows_placeholder() {
         body.contains(&format!(r#"action="{}""#, paths::case_close(case_id))),
         "close form missing on empty case"
     );
+    assert!(
+        body.contains(r#">Schließen</button>"#),
+        "documentless open case must offer a bare Schließen button"
+    );
 }
 
 #[tokio::test]
@@ -843,3 +847,118 @@ async fn case_recordings_has_no_action_buttons() {
         "recordings page must not expose the close action"
     );
 }
+
+/// Property: an open case WITH a document renders the combined
+/// "Kopieren + Schließen" control below the document — a single form
+/// that POSTs the close action and carries the CSRF token.
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn case_page_open_document_has_copy_close_button() {
+    let cfg = TestConfig::new()
+        .with_label("cp-copyclose")
+        .with_user(test_user("dr_a"))
+        .with_llm("http://unused")
+        .build();
+    let case_id = "11111111-1111-1111-1111-111111111111";
+    let case_dir = seed_case(&cfg.data_path, "dr_a", case_id);
+    write_document_for_test(&case_dir, "fertiger Brief", "1970-01-01T00:00:00Z");
+
+    let app = doctate_server::create_router(cfg);
+    let cookie = login_dr_a(&app).await;
+
+    let resp = app
+        .oneshot(get_with_cookie(paths::case_detail(case_id), &cookie))
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(resp.status(), StatusCode::OK);
+    let body = body_string(resp).await;
+
+    assert!(
+        body.contains(r#"id="copy-close-form""#),
+        "combined copy-close form missing"
+    );
+    assert!(
+        body.contains("Kopieren + Schließen"),
+        "copy-close button label missing"
+    );
+    // The combined form must POST the close action...
+    let form_start = body
+        .find(r#"id="copy-close-form""#)
+        .expect("copy-close form present");
+    let rest = &body[form_start..];
+    let form_end = rest.find("</form>").expect("copy-close form closes");
+    let form_html = &rest[..form_end];
+    assert!(
+        form_html.contains(&format!(r#"action="{}""#, paths::case_close(case_id))),
+        "copy-close form must POST the close action"
+    );
+    // ...and carry the CSRF token inside that same form.
+    assert!(
+        form_html.contains(r#"name="csrf_token""#),
+        "copy-close form must carry the CSRF token"
+    );
+}
+
+/// Guard: a CLOSED case (even with a document, rendered read-only) shows
+/// no copy-close control — closing an already-closed case is impossible.
+/// The reopen affordance is the only state-changing control.
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn case_page_closed_document_hides_copy_close() {
+    let cfg = TestConfig::new()
+        .with_label("cp-closed-copyclose")
+        .with_user(test_user("dr_a"))
+        .with_llm("http://unused")
+        .build();
+    let case_id = "11111111-1111-1111-1111-111111111111";
+    let case_dir = seed_case(&cfg.data_path, "dr_a", case_id);
+    write_document_for_test(&case_dir, "fertiger Brief", "1970-01-01T00:00:00Z");
+    write_closed_marker(&case_dir, "2026-04-15T12:00:00Z");
+
+    let app = doctate_server::create_router(cfg);
+    let cookie = login_dr_a(&app).await;
+
+    let resp = app
+        .oneshot(get_with_cookie(paths::case_detail(case_id), &cookie))
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(resp.status(), StatusCode::OK);
+    let body = body_string(resp).await;
+
+    assert!(
+        !body.contains(r#"id="copy-close-form""#),
+        "closed case must not expose the copy-close control"
+    );
+    assert!(
+        body.contains(&format!(r#"action="{}""#, paths::case_reopen(case_id))),
+        "closed case must still offer reopen"
+    );
+}
+
+/// Property: the icon-only trash-can close button in the H1 title row is
+/// gone — closing now happens via the text control below the document.
+/// (The closed-case reopen affordance in the same slot is untouched.)
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn case_page_open_case_has_no_trashcan_close() {
+    let cfg = TestConfig::new()
+        .with_label("cp-no-trash")
+        .with_user(test_user("dr_a"))
+        .with_llm("http://unused")
+        .build();
+    let case_id = "11111111-1111-1111-1111-111111111111";
+    let case_dir = seed_case(&cfg.data_path, "dr_a", case_id);
+    write_document_for_test(&case_dir, "fertiger Brief", "1970-01-01T00:00:00Z");
+
+    let app = doctate_server::create_router(cfg);
+    let cookie = login_dr_a(&app).await;
+
+    let resp = app
+        .oneshot(get_with_cookie(paths::case_detail(case_id), &cookie))
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(resp.status(), StatusCode::OK);
+    let body = body_string(resp).await;
+
+    assert!(
+        !body.contains(r#"title="Fall schließen""#),
+        "the H1 trash-can close button must be gone"
+    );
+}