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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Sana Hazina Butler v. Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York · New York · Apr 30, 2026
False Quotes: Case Law | Plaintiff cited Maersk, Inc. v. Neewra, Inc. with quoted language the court determined does not appear in that opinion; case exists but does not support the cited proposition. || Misrepresented: Case Law | Plaintiff cited Parisie v. Greer, which exists but the court noted it has nothing to do with removal (misstated relevance). || Misrepresented: Case Law | Plaintiff cited Whitaker v. American Telecasting, which involves removal but does not support the specific proposition about filing a removed complaint as an exhibit; court noted misstatement of holding. || Fabricated: Case Law | Plaintiff cited 'Rong Zhu v. BNP Paribas, 997 F. Supp. 2d 242 (S.D.N.Y. 2014)', which the court found does not exist. || False Quotes: Case Law | Plaintiff attributed quoted language to Granny Goose Foods, but the court found the quoted language does not appear in that opinion; case exists but does not support the cited proposition. || False Quotes: Case Law | Plaintiff cited Azer v. Connell and included quoted language the court found does not appear in the opinion; case exists but the quote is not in it and it is unrelated to the removal issue cited.
Judges: Robyn F. Tarnofsky
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Eagle Township v. Shaun VanAlstine
CA Michigan · Jurisdiction not recorded · Apr 30, 2026
Fabricated: Case Law | Appellant cited a nonexistent Michigan Supreme Court case; the court found the citation does not exist and labeled it a likely AI-generated hallucination.
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Faisal Rahman v. Michael J. Burton, et al.
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois · Illinois · Apr 30, 2026
Fabricated: Case Law | Plaintiff cited a case called 'Swayne' that the court determined does not exist; court identified the citation as fabricated in assessing Rule 11 concerns. || Fabricated: Case Law | Plaintiff cited a purported Seventh Circuit case called 'Kitchen' that the court determined does not exist at the plaintiff's citation; court treated it as a fabricated citation.
Judges: Manish Suresh Shah
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Jamal Berry v. Early Warning Services
E.D. Pennsylvania · Jurisdiction not recorded · Apr 30, 2026
False Quotes: Case Law | Plaintiff quoted a passage purportedly from McIvor v. Credit Control Servs., 773 F.3d 909 (8th Cir. 2014); the court found the quoted passage does not appear in the opinion and the pincite (page 918) is nonexistent. || Fabricated: Case Law | Plaintiff cited Gonzalez v. Experian Info. Sols., Inc., No. 20-cv-8997, 2021 WL 7285265 (C.D. Cal. 2021); the court found that citation does not appear on Westlaw and the docket number corresponds to a different case—i.e., a fabricated or incorrect citation. || Misrepresented: Case Law | Plaintiff relied on Weseman v. Wells Fargo Home Mortg., No. 06-1338, 2008 WL 542961 (D. Or. Feb. 22, 2008) and attributed to it a rule about disputes transmitted through the CFPB triggering CRA duties; the court found Weseman addressed preemption and involved a furnisher, not a CRA, so the plaintiff mischaracterized the opinion.
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Mercy Wellington v. City of New York
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York · New York · Apr 30, 2026
Fabricated: Case Law | Plaintiff's initial opposition cited six purported authorities that do not appear in legal databases and which the Court concluded were likely AI-hallucinated non-existent opinions; Court could not locate them and warned plaintiff.
Judges: Jennifer Louise Rochon
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Braun v. Day
N.D. Illinois · Jurisdiction not recorded · Apr 30, 2026
Fabricated: Case Law | EEOC v. AutoZone, Inc., No. 11 C 0195, 2012 WL 3061482 (N.D. Ill. July 26, 2012), || Fabricated: Case Law | BankDirect Cap. Fin., LLC v. Cap. Premium Fin., Inc., No. 15 C 10340, 2017 WL 1022010, at *3 (N.D. Ill. Mar. 16, 2017) || Fabricated: Case Law | Westefer v. Snyder, No. 07 C 2798, 2008 WL 190317 (N.D. Ill. Jan. 18, 2008)
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Show Cause OrderAttribution unresolvedParty using AI: Represented by counselRead the decision ↗ AI-related case
Sai Malena Jimenez-Fogarty v. Thomas Fogarty et al.
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York · New York · Apr 29, 2026
Fabricated: Case Law | Counsel cited a Westlaw/database identifier and party name that do not match any opinion on the cited topic; the citation corresponded to an unrelated docket or jurisdiction. || Fabricated: Case Law | Citation to a Bank of America decision that the Court could not find; reporter citation pointed to an unrelated case. || Fabricated: Case Law | Counsel cited a county appellate decision at a reporter citation that points to an unrelated matter; the Court could not find the cited case supporting the argument. || Fabricated: Case Law | Counsel cited a 1978 First Department case that the Court could not locate; the reporter citation corresponded to an unrelated case. || Fabricated: Case Law | Counsel cited a Westlaw identifier and case name asserting support for service-on-clerk authority; Court found no opinion at the cited identifier and existing cases by that name did not support the proposition. || Fabricated: Case Law | Counsel cited a non-existent case to support nail-and-mail service; Court could not locate any case by this name and reporter points to an unrelated matter. || Fabricated: Case Law | Counsel cited a 1949 New York case by name and reporter cita…
Judges: Gabriel W. Gorenstein
Monetary Sanction; Order to Notice ClientParty using AI: Represented by counselRead the decision ↗ AI-related case
In the Matter of Ikechukwu H. Okorie
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · National federal courts · Apr 29, 2026
Fabricated: Case Law | Appellant cited 'In re Reed, 405 B.R. 729 (Bankr. S.D. Tex. 2009)'; the court observed that the case does not exist. || Misrepresented: Case Law | Appellant relied on In re Bigler, LP to support debtor-derivative standing; the court noted Bigler concerned a bidder's rejected motion and did not discuss standing, so the citation was misapplied.
Judges: Jennifer Walker Elrod
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Justin Spiehs v. Erik Smith
U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas · Kansas · Apr 29, 2026
False Quotes: Case Law | Plaintiff’s brief contained quotations attributed to three cited cases that do not appear in those opinions; the court confirmed the quotes were absent and suspected AI generation.
Judges: John Wesley Broomes
