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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Anish Sam Mathew v. Parv Verma
Fabricated: Case Law | Court noted risk of AI-generated 'phantom' or fabricated citations in filings and referenced a prior E.D. Mich. decision (Ali v. IT People Corp.) where a pro se litigant was sanctioned for such misrepresentations; court warned such fabricated citations will be sanctionable.
Judges: Anthony P. Patti
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Tiffany K. v. Commissioner of Social Security
Fabricated: Case Law | Counsel's brief included a non-existent case citation 'Fleck v. Comm’r of Soc. Sec.'; the Court identified it as a 'phantom' citation likely generated by AI and admonished counsel.
Judges: Anthony P. Patti
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Rachel Jones v. Experian Information Solutions
Misrepresented: Case Law | Plaintiff cited Great Earth Companies, Inc. v. Simons, 288 F.3d 878, 889 (6th Cir. 2002) as supporting the proposition that discovery is required to determine arbitrability; the Court found Great Earth does not address discovery and flagged the misstatement as possibly AI-related.
Judges: Anthony P. Patti
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Marques Johnson v. Capital One Financial Corporation
False Quotes: Case Law | Plaintiff cited Cohen v. Cap. One Funding, LLC and attributed a quotation—"Receivables are pooled and sold monthly."—to that opinion and misidentified the issuing court; the magistrate judge found the alleged quote does not appear in the Cohen decision and flagged it as likely an AI-generated hallucination.
Judges: Anthony P. Patti
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Warner v. Gilbarco, Inc.
Fabricated: Case Law | Plaintiff twice cited 'Smith v. Dow Chem. Co., 166 F.R.D. 1, 2 (E.D. Mich. 1996)' to argue depositions should not proceed; the court found this a 'phantom' citation and noted the actual existing opinion is Hamm v. Nasatka Barriers Inc., 166 F.R.D. 1 (D.D.C. 1996), which does not mention depositions.
Judges: Anthony P. Patti
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Ali v. IT People Corporation
False Quotes: Case Law | Plaintiff falsely represented that Union Planters v. L&J Dev. Co., 115 F.3d 378 (6th Cir. 1997) contained language holding that Rule 11 sanctions are “reserved for exceptional circumstances”; court found this a false quotation and pivotal misrepresentation. || Misrepresented: Legal Norm | Plaintiff falsely stated that Michigan's Bullard-Plawecki Employee Right to Know Act requires employers to produce personnel records within 10 business days; court found this statutory deadline claim to be a misrepresentation of the law. || Fabricated: Legal Norm | Plaintiff cited Michigan Admin. Code R 408.8004, a regulatory provision that the court determined does not exist (a phantom or fabricated regulatory citation); plaintiff admitted the citation was nonexistent.
Judges: Anthony P. Patti
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Clark v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
Fabricated: Case Law | Court found the citation 'United States v. Provident Bank, 2021 WL 1985046, at 2 (E.D. Mich. May 18, 2021)' cannot be located and likely does not exist. || Fabricated: Case Law | Court identified 'Gibson v. Rosati, 2017 WL 1155765 (N.D.N.Y. Mar. 27, 2017)' as a citation that does not appear to exist or is not retrievable. || Fabricated: Case Law | Court noted 'Jones v. TransUnion LLC, 2022 WL 407915 (E.D. Mich. Feb. 10, 2022)' as a referenced citation that could not be located and may be fictitious. || Misrepresented: Case Law | Court observed Beaudry v. TeleCheck Servs., Inc., 579 F.3d 702 (6th Cir. 2009) was cited by the plaintiff for a principle the case does not address (misapplied precedent).
Judges: Anthony P. Patti