AI Abuse Court Cases
Search 1,395 source-linked cases involving fabricated citations and other AI-generated legal errors.
837 judge-case associations across 551 judges and 164 courts.
Source: Damien Charlotin
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837Judge-case associations
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1,395 cases found · 10 maximum per page
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In re: Mahar
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Virginia · Virginia · Jul 31, 2026
Fabricated: Case Law | Plaintiff's counsel cited a non-existent case titled 'In re Coastal Carolina Fruit Company'; the Court could not locate any such decision and the provided citation pointed to an unrelated criminal case. || Misrepresented: Case Law | Plaintiff's brief cited three existing-case names with incorrect U.S. District/Westlaw citations and decision dates (errors in citation metadata for these authorities). || Misrepresented: Exhibits & Submissions | Editor’s note: the pleading contains unverified citations likely generated by AI tools; links are unavailable and the citations are not attributable to the Court.
Judges: Stephen C. St. John
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Mendel S. v. Faigy S.
Family Court New York · Jurisdiction not recorded · Jul 31, 2026
The Family Court sua sponte reviewed counsel's Objection and determined that 11 of 16 cited authorities were fabricated AI-generated cases and that, in nearly all other instances, real cases did not support the propositions asserted. The Court concluded counsel's failure to verify AI-produced citations amounted to frivolous conduct under 22 NYCRR § 130-1.1, wasted judicial resources, and warranted a sanction. The court imposed a $1,000 monetary sanction but declined to refer counsel to the Attorney Grievance Committee, noting counsel's timely acceptance of responsibility and remorse as mitigating factors.
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Monetary SanctionAttribution unresolvedParty using AI: Represented by counselRead the decision ↗ AI-related case
In the Interest of Q.C. and P.C., Children
Texas 2nd Court of Appeals · Texas · Jul 30, 2026
Fabricated: Case Law | Appellant's original opening brief contained a citation to a nonexistent case; the court identified the citation as nonexistent when reviewing the brief. || False Quotes: Case Law | Appellant's amended opening brief cited portions of case law that did not exist and quoted statements nowhere to be found in the cited case law; the court pointed out the misquotations and non-existent authorities.
Judges: Bonnie Sudderth, Dabney Bassel, J. Wade Birdwell
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Carey v. Breakell et al.
U.S. District Court for the District of Utah · Utah · Jul 30, 2026
The district court found multiple case citations in Plaintiff’s counsel’s Opposition could not be located on Westlaw and appeared to be fake (suggesting improper use of AI). The court explained that citation to non-existent opinions undermines filings and may violate Rule 11, but because it was transferring the case to Arizona it left investigation or sanctioning to the receiving judge rather than imposing relief itself.
Judges: Ann Marie McIff Allen
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Nirav Modi v. Richard Levin, Trustee for the Liquidating Trust of Firestar Diamond, Inc.
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York · New York · Jul 30, 2026
Misrepresented: Case Law | Trustee and Court identified multiple citations that, while often to existing cases, do not support the propositions asserted and appear AI-generated or inaccurately presented. || Misrepresented: Case Law | Citation to Traguth v. Zuck, 710 F.2d 90 (2d Cir. 1983) invoked to support special solicitude to pro se prisoners, but the cited opinion's facts and holdings do not support that proposition as presented. || False Quotes: Case Law | Motion attributes a quotation to Cohen that does not appear in the cited opinion; Court found the quoted language absent from Cohen.
Judges: Analisa Nadine Torres
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Cole v. Lee
CA Illinois · Jurisdiction not recorded · Jul 30, 2026
Misrepresented: Case Law | Cited Avery v. State Farm, 216 Ill. 2d 100 (2005) for the proposition that Consumer Fraud Act damages claims are legal claims triable to a jury; court found Avery contains no support for that proposition. || Misrepresented: Case Law | Cited People ex rel. Daley v. Datacom Systems Corp., 146 Ill. 2d 1 (1991) as supporting that joined legal and equitable issues require the legal issues be tried to a jury; court found Datacom contains no support for that proposition. || Misrepresented: Case Law | Cited 'Stephens v. Kasten, 334 Ill. App. 3d 1004,' a citation the court found does not correspond to Stephens (which is Stephens v. Kasten, 383 Ill. 127) and the cited volume/page correspond to a different case (People v. Lewis). || Misrepresented: Case Law | Cited 'In re Estate of Mulvaney, 288 Ill. App. 3d 464,' but the court noted Mulvaney actually begins at 128 Ill. App. 3d 133 and the cited reporter/page corresponds to People v. Lambert. || Misrepresented: Case Law | Cited 'Kaiser v. MEPC American Properties, Inc., 164 Ill. 2d 274' with an incorrect citation/attribution as noted by the court among other miscited authorities. || Misrepresented: Case Law | Cited…
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Harris v. Bank of America
N.D. Mississippi · Jurisdiction not recorded · Jul 30, 2026
Fabricated: Case Law | Court could not locate the opinion by citation or party names in Westlaw and concluded the citation was likely fictitious/AI-generated. || Fabricated: Case Law | Court could not locate the opinion by citation or party names in Westlaw and concluded the citation was likely fictitious/AI-generated.
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First Community Credit Union v. Ashley Smith
Wisconsin Court of Appeals · Wisconsin · Jul 30, 2026
Misrepresented: Case Law | Appellant cited Gielow v. Napiorkowski and misrepresented the proposition and page—court identified this as a false/misleading citation in the brief. || Fabricated: Case Law | Court observed that some citations in Smith's briefs appeared to be to nonexistent cases or to authorities unrelated to the propositions asserted, consistent with AI 'hallucinations.'
Judges: JoAnne F. Kloppenburg, Stacy A. Smith
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In the Interest of S.M.T. and S.J.T., Children
Texas 14th Court of Appeals · Texas · Jul 30, 2026
False Quotes: Case Law | Attorney quoted a passage attributed to In re Marriage of Harrison that the court found to be entirely fabricated. || False Quotes: Case Law | Attorney quoted language attributed to In re Marriage of Swim that the court found fabricated. || Misrepresented: Case Law | Attorney attributed a two-part 'dual purposes' statement to Lenz v. Lenz that the court found does not appear in Lenz. || Misrepresented: Case Law | Attorney cited Dickerson v. State for the proposition that he was requesting oral argument though the case does not support that proposition. || Misrepresented: Case Law | Attorney cited In re A.S. as holding conservatorship orders must be specific enough to be enforceable by contempt, but the court found A.S. unrelated to that proposition.
Judges: Randy Wilson
