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Search 691 source-linked cases involving fabricated citations and other AI-generated legal errors.

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Conrad Smith et al. v. Donald J. Trump et al.

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia · District of Columbia · Oct 16, 2025

Fabricated: Legal Norm | Opposition contained multiple fabricated Local Civil Rule citations (e.g., “Civil Procedure Rule 104 (7)-(8)”, “D.D.C. local Rule 104(7)”, “D.D.C. Rule 8(a)”, “L.R. 104.8”); court found these rules do not exist. || False Quotes: Legal…

Judges: Amit Priyavadan Mehta

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Polinski v. USA

United States Court of Federal Claims · National federal courts · Oct 15, 2025

"On September 3, 2025, Plaintiff filed his response to the court’s order to file copies of the cases he cited (#7). Therein, Plaintiff avers he took “concrete remedial steps” to cure the time wasted by his use of artificial-intelligence-hallucinated case cita…

Judges: Eleni M. Roumel

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David R. Pete v. United States Department of Justice, et al.

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas · Texas · Oct 10, 2025

Fabricated: Case Law | Plaintiff cited a case in his objections that the court could not locate; plaintiff later claimed he had submitted authentic copies but attached none; the court concluded the citation was AI-generated and fake. || Fabricated: Case Law |…

Judges: Marcia A. Crone

Magistrate Judge's recommendation adopted; in forma pauperis denied; plaintiff ordered to pay $405 filing fee within 10 days or the case will be dismissed.Read the decision ↗

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Roy J. Oneto v. Melvin Watson, et al.

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California · California · Oct 10, 2025

Fabricated: Case Law | Counsel cited 'Ziskind v. Spector' in the brief; the Court found the opinion does not exist and counsel acknowledged it apparently does not exist. || Fabricated: Case Law | Counsel cited 'Moffitt v. Whiting-Turner' with a non-existent W…

Judges: Araceli Martinez-Olguin

Monetary Sanction, Order to notify client, complete CLE, and Bar informedRead the decision ↗

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United States v. Glennie Antonio McGee

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama · Alabama · Oct 10, 2025

Folllowing a show cause order, Counsel admitted to having used the tool together with Google Search, and explained that, although he was aware of the issues with AI models like ChatGPT, he said he did not expect this tool to fall into the same issues. The Cou…

Judges: Terry Fitzgerald Moorer

Public reprimand, referral and order to notify jurisdictions; monetary sanctionRead the decision ↗

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Lipe v. Albuquerque Public Schools (2)

U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico · New Mexico · Oct 8, 2025

The court noted prior fabricated citations in plaintiff's earlier briefing (for which counsel had already been sanctioned). In the current filing the court found no fabricated citations but identified inaccurate legal contentions—e.g., a rule statement claimi…

Judges: Jennifer M. Rozzoni

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Jose Villavicencio v. Judge Stephanie Mingo

Franklin Co. Municipal Court Environmental Division · Ohio · Oct 7, 2025

Misrepresented: Case Law | Plaintiff cited Marsh v. Chambers for the proposition that federal district courts may issue mandamus to compel state court officers; the court held this characterization was "patently false." || Fabricated: Case Law | Plaintiff rel…

Judges: Stephanie Mingo