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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Perry v. Social Security Administration, Commissioner
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama · Alabama · Aug 3, 2026
Fabricated: Case Law | Plaintiff's TRO motion included fabricated case citations and authorities; the court recorded the Commissioner's objection and warned the plaintiff against future fabricated citations. || Misrepresented: Other | Plaintiff's filings contained misrepresentations of authorities or record materials referenced by the Commissioner; the court admonished the plaintiff for such misrepresentations and reiterated prior warning from another court.
Judges: Anna Marie Manasco
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Johnson v. Dunn
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama · Alabama · Jul 23, 2025
In their Response, Counsel confessed to the use of AI tools in their Response to the OSC.(As recounted by Above the Law, the law firm involved quickly deleted a recent post they made about using AI.)In the Order, the judge prefaced her findings by noting that "Even in cases like this one, where lawyers who cite AI hallucinations accept responsibility and apologize profusely, much damage is done. The opposing party expends resources identifying and exposing the fabrication; the court spends time reviewing materials, holding hearings, deliberating about sanctions, and explaining its ruling; the substance of the case is delayed; and public confidence about the trustworthiness of legal proceedings may be diminished."The court further reasoned that "At the threshold, the court rejects the invitation to consider that actual authorities stand for the proposition that the bogus authorities were offered to support. That is a stroke of pure luck for these lawyers, and one that did not remediate the waste and harm their misconduct wrought. Further, any sanctions discount on this basis would amplify the siren call of unverified AI for lawyers who are already confident in their legal conclusio…
Judges: Anna Marie Manasco
Public reprimand, disqualification from the case, and referral to the BarParty using AI: Represented by counselRead the decision ↗ 