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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Cynthia White v. Walmart, Inc.
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana · Indiana · Apr 14, 2026
Fabricated: Exhibits & Submissions | AI-generated list asserted that Defendant's answer to every interrogatory was deficient; court found counsel relied exclusively on AI and failed to vet those asserted deficiencies. || Misrepresented: Exhibits & Submissions | AI-produced 'talking points' identifying discovery deficiencies were copied/pasted into an email and used in lieu of a genuine meet-and-confer; court held this did not satisfy meet-and-confer obligations.
Judges: Tim A. Baker
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Brian Smith v. TD Auto Finance LLC, et al.
N.D. Mississippi · Jurisdiction not recorded · Apr 14, 2026
Fabricated: Case Law | Non-signatory defendants alerted the court that Smith's motion cited AI-hallucinated (fictitious) cases; the court noted prior admonishment for fictitious citations.
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Michael T-Alexander v. Michelle Baass et al.
CA California (6d) · Jurisdiction not recorded · Apr 14, 2026
False Quotes: Case Law | Appellant included purported quotations attributed to Tennessee v. Lane that do not appear in that opinion; court found the quoted language fabricated. || False Quotes: Case Law | Appellant cited People v. Superior Court (Humberto S.) for a quotation that does not appear in that case; court could not locate the quoted language in any authority. || Fabricated: Case Law | Multiple citation references in appellant's briefs were incorrect or referred to non-existent authorities; editor's note preserved invalid citations in the official record.
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State of Ohio v. Abdullah M. Alqahtani
3d Dist · Jurisdiction not recorded · Apr 13, 2026
Fabricated: Case Law | Appellant's brief included at least one cited case that the court found "do[es] not seem to exist." Court characterized this as fabricated authority. || Misrepresented: Case Law | Appellant relied on cases that the court found misapplied or irrelevant to the radar/BEE III manual arguments. || Misrepresented: Legal Norm | Appellant incorrectly cited R.C. 4511.091 as the source for a calibration/proof rule; court corrected this misstatement of the law.
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Allen v. Hunt
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois · Illinois · Apr 13, 2026
Fabricated: Case Law | Court and Magistrate Judge noted prior filings containing false citations and quotes; Judge Kendall previously found filings with citations to nonexistent cases and quotes from no real case and imposed a $1,500 Rule 11 sanction in a separate matter. || Fabricated: Case Law | Plaintiff cited "Sterigenics U.S., LLC v. Sotera Health Co., 2020 WL 5645683 (N.D. Ill. Sep. 22, 2020)", which the Court found does not exist; plaintiff admitted the citation was fabricated and filed a notice of correction.
Judges: John Joseph Tharp Jr.
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Steven Nemec v. Kelsey Kanoelani Alao and Alyssa Jade Alao
U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon · Oregon · Apr 10, 2026
Fabricated: Case Law | Plaintiff cited a non-existent case; the court found Hernandez v. Cnty. of Yamhill (2017) does not exist and treated it as an AI-generated fabricated citation. || Fabricated: Case Law | Plaintiff cited a non-existent case; the court found U.S. Bank Nat’l Ass’n v. Taylor (2015) does not exist and treated it as an AI-generated fabricated citation. || Fabricated: Case Law | Plaintiff cited a non-existent case; the court found Johns v. County of Douglas (2013) does not exist and treated it as an AI-generated fabricated citation. || Fabricated: Case Law | Plaintiff cited a non-existent case; the court found McNeil v. United States (2015) does not exist and treated it as an AI-generated fabricated citation.
Judges: Michael H. Simon
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Bruno Roberto Rodriguez v. Kathryn Louise Rodriguez
CA Florida (6d) · Jurisdiction not recorded · Apr 10, 2026
Fabricated: Case Law | Petition included citations to multiple cases that do not exist; court concluded some cited cases were fabricated. || Misrepresented: Case Law | Petition cited actual cases but attributed legal propositions to them that the cases do not support; court found these citations mischaracterized precedent.
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Order to Show CauseAttribution unresolvedParty using AI: Represented by counselRead the decision ↗ AI-related case
Robert S. Hulvat v. Juli Gumina, STG Divorce Law, and Jennifer B. Hulvat
CA Illinois (3d) · Jurisdiction not recorded · Apr 9, 2026
Fabricated: Case Law | Appellant's brief cited multiple nonexistent cases to support legal arguments (nine identified fictitious authorities). Court described these as fictitious AI-generated citations. || False Quotes: Case Law | Appellant quoted language allegedly from Krumwiede to support a rule on dismissal with prejudice; the quoted language does not appear in the actual decision and the cited Krumwiede citation was incorrect. || Misrepresented: Case Law | Appellant attributed a holding concerning 'fraud upon the court' to In re Marriage of Lehr, which the court determined was a misrepresentation of that case's holding.
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Monetary sanction; CLE on AI; barred until compliance; Brief struckParty using AI: Represented by counselRead the decision ↗ 