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
551Judges
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In the Matter of the Estate of Kuerschner
Arizona Court of Appeals, Division One · Arizona · Mar 5, 2026
Fabricated: Case Law | Appellant cited “Orlandini v. Crawford (Arizona Court of Appeals),” which the court could not locate and concluded does not appear to exist. || False Quotes: Case Law | Appellant quoted language attributed to Wallace that does not appear in the Wallace decision and miscited the citation (pointed to Zambrano instead); court identified the quoted language as false and the citation as incorrect. || Misrepresented: Case Law | Appellant claimed Takieh v. O'Meara vacated sanctions; the court noted Takieh actually upheld sanctions and appellant's description mischaracterized the decision. || Misrepresented: Case Law | Appellant cited In re Estate of Stewart for a proposition about cautious fee awards, but the court observed Stewart does not discuss attorney fees and the citation was unsupported.
Judges: David D. Weinzweig, Veronika Fabian
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In the Matter of the Estate of Arturo Lopez
Arizona Court of Appeals, Division One · Arizona · Feb 27, 2026
Fabricated: Case Law | Appellant's briefs included fabricated legal citations and defective citations; the court concluded several citations contained substantial defects and appeared fabricated. || False Quotes: Case Law | Appellant's briefs contained fabricated or false quotations attributed to legal authorities; the court found the quotations unsupported and likely AI-generated.
Judges: David D. Weinzweig, Veronika Fabian
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In re the Matter of: Abius Rosas Carreon
Arizona Court of Appeals, Division One · Arizona · Feb 4, 2026
False Quotes: Case Law | Court found Father's brief contained fabricated quotations attributed to cited cases; quotations were not supported by the authorities. || Fabricated: Case Law | Court observed several incomplete and defective citations in Father's brief suggesting invented or fabricated authority. || Misrepresented: Case Law | Court identified misrepresentation of authorities where cited cases were used to support premises the Court found unsupported by those authorities.
Judges: David D. Weinzweig, Veronika Fabian
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Ihor Chopko v. Fidelity National Title Insurance Company
Arizona Court of Appeals, Division One · Arizona · Jan 27, 2026
Fabricated: Case Law | Court found multiple fabricated quotations in appellant's briefs and described them as unsupported or false. || Fabricated: Case Law | Court found fictitious case citations among appellant's legal citations (fictitious cases or false case citations) and noted substantial defects in those citations.
Judges: David D. Weinzweig, Veronika Fabian
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Washburn v. Houston
Arizona Court of Appeals, Division One · Arizona · Jan 2, 2026
Appellant Father's counsel submitted an opening brief containing misleading/inaccurate legal citations, mischaracterized case law, fabricated quotations attributed to Owen v. Blackhawk, and false quotations purportedly from the amended decree and hearing transcripts. The appellate court identified these errors, concluded they supported a potential ethics referral, and forwarded the decision to the State Bar for review.
Judges: Cynthia J. Bailey, David D. Weinzweig, Jennifer M. Perkins
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Pineda v. Campos
Arizona Court of Appeals, Division One · Arizona · Aug 7, 2025
The appellate court found Husband's counsel made multiple misleading or incorrect citations and attributed quotations to cases that do not contain them. The court noted some citations used incorrect reporters that pointed to unrelated decisions, concluded the cited authorities did not support counsel's propositions (and in some instances contradicted them), forwarded the decision to the State Bar for possible ethical violations, and awarded costs to the prevailing party.
Judges: Cynthia J. Bailey, David D. Weinzweig, Jennifer M. Perkins
Referral to State bar; Ex officio adverse costs orderParty using AI: Represented by counselRead the decision ↗ 