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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Krystal Faye Potterf, et al. v. Drew F. Wessels, et al.
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan · Michigan · Aug 26, 2026
False Quotes: Case Law | Quoted a purported Supreme Court statement attributed to United States v. Sineneng-Smith that does not appear in the opinion. || Fabricated: Case Law | Cited a non-existent Sixth Circuit opinion United States v. Abdi at 827 F.3d 533 for a docket-management proposition. || Fabricated: Case Law | Listed Hill v. Synder, 814 F.3d 408 (6th Cir. 2016) in index of authorities though the court could not locate such a decision. || Misrepresented: Case Law | Cited Ability Center of Greater Toledo v. City of Sandusky for a proposition about cognitive/communicative accommodations that the case does not support. || Misrepresented: Case Law | Asserted Tindall v. Wayne County Friend of the Court supports an exception to Younger abstention when it actually held Younger abstention was required.
Judges: Matthew Frederick Leitman
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Fairrow v. Easten
CA Arizona · Jurisdiction not recorded · Aug 26, 2026
Fabricated: Case Law | Appellant cited 'Napp v. Napp' at the provided citation, which the court found did not exist; court suggested the intended authority was Breitbart-Napp v. Napp, 216 Ariz. 74 (App. 2007). || Misrepresented: Case Law | Appellant relied on Appels-Meehan v. Appels, 167 Ariz. 182 (App. 1991), but the court noted that case did not address trial attorney fee awards and was inapplicable.
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Noella P. Turgeon v. FHLMC
U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire · New Hampshire · Aug 26, 2026
Fabricated: Case Law | Court found some of the cases Turgeon cited did not exist. || Misrepresented: Case Law | Court found some citations were to decisions issued by a different court than the one Turgeon cited (misstated source court). || False Quotes: Case Law | Court found some cited authorities did not support the propositions for which Turgeon cited them (false or misleading authority/quotation).
Judges: Steven J. McAuliffe
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Benjamin v. State
CA Maryland · Jurisdiction not recorded · Aug 25, 2026
The court found appellant's brief contained multiple inaccurate case citations and observed that, although counsel did not admit using AI, the errors appeared likely AI-related. Citing Mezu v. Mezu (an earlier AI-related decision), the court reviewed the errors, concluded they were not excessive and did not include wholly fabricated cases, accepted counsel's corrective attempts, and opted not to refer counsel for disciplinary action while warning counsel to verify citations generated with AI.
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LPC Commercial Services, LLC v. Ar-Razzaaq Properties, LLC
CA Virginia · Jurisdiction not recorded · Aug 25, 2026
Misrepresented: Case Law | The brief presented a purported direct quotation from a Virginia case that differed from the source by at least one word; the court found that the quotation was not exact. || Fabricated: Case Law | Twenty-five additional purported quotations from Virginia cases were characterized by the court as paraphrases, materially inaccurate representations, or wholly invented quotations unrelated to the cited cases.
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Order to complete CLEAttribution unresolvedParty using AI: Represented by counselRead the decision ↗ AI-related case
AndDone, LLC v. Shante Gaines; Reset Financial Group, LLC
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri · Missouri · Aug 25, 2026
Fabricated: Case Law | November 18 filing (Doc. 53) included citations to nonexistent cases; AndDone moved for Rule 11 show cause. || False Quotes: Case Law | November 18 filing contained quotations attributed to authority that the court found to be improper or unsupported. || Misrepresented: Case Law | Gaines inaccurately represented that the Bankruptcy Court 'expressly held' AndDone's claim was discharged, but the Bankruptcy Court made no such ruling (Doc. 53-3).
Judges: Roseann Ambrosia Ketchmark
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Kurelko v. Ballard
D. New Jersey · Jurisdiction not recorded · Aug 25, 2026
Fabricated: Case Law | Plaintiff's motion included several inaccurate or non-existent case citations (fabricated judicial opinions). The Court identified these as non-existent citations. || False Quotes: Case Law | Plaintiff's motion included quotations attributed to cases that the Court described as fake or inaccurate.
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Admonishment & WarningAttribution unresolvedParty using AI: Self-representedRead the decision ↗ AI-related case
Michael L. Ruiz v. Magellan Financial & Insurance Services (2)
D. Arizona · Jurisdiction not recorded · Aug 24, 2026
False Quotes: Case Law | AI-generated false direct quotation presented in the parenthetical of a case citation attributed to Antonakeas (Ninth Circuit) in Plaintiff's response to fees (Doc. 155). || False Quotes: Case Law | AI-generated false direct quotation presented in the parenthetical of a case citation attributed to Osazuwa (Ninth Circuit) in Plaintiff's filings. || False Quotes: Case Law | Additional fake AI-generated quotations detected across three different briefs filed by counsel beyond the two identified in Doc. 155. || Misrepresented: Case Law | A fourth brief contained an inaccurate AI-generated case summary; counsel acknowledged ChatGPT cited Ansell v. Green Acres Contracting Co., 347 F.3d 515 (3d Cir. 2003) in support of a legal proposition.
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Formal public reprimandAttribution unresolvedParty using AI: Represented by counselRead the decision ↗ AI-related case
Capital Standard, LLC v. U.S. Bank National Association
CA Florida (2d) · Jurisdiction not recorded · Aug 21, 2026
Misrepresented: Case Law | Cited Maciejewski v. Holland, 441 So. 2d 703 (Fla. 2d DCA 1983) for unrelated propositions (e.g., ratification), though the two-page opinion does not contain those propositions. || Misrepresented: Case Law | Used Miami Country Day School v. Bakst, 641 So. 2d 467 (Fla. 3d DCA 1994) (a homestead/houseboat case) to support broad propositions about good-faith acquisition and detrimental reliance not found in that opinion. || False Quotes: Case Law | Attributed a nonexistent quotation about 'fundamental error' to Hart Properties, Inc. v. Slack and provided a pincite that does not contain the quote. || Fabricated: Case Law | Presented Board of Regents v. Wilson, 365 So. 2d 213 (Fla. 1st DCA 1979) as authority though the court identified it as a fabricated/nonexistent case. || Misrepresented: Case Law | Cited Gonzalez v. Deutsche Bank Nat'l Tr. Co., 95 So. 3d 251 (Fla. 2d DCA 2012) as an all-purpose authority for matters (e.g., bona fide purchaser principles) that the opinion does not address.
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Monetary Sanction; Adverse Costs Order; Bar Referral; Briefs struckAttribution unresolvedParty using AI: Represented by counselRead the decision ↗ 