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Search 1,395 source-linked cases involving fabricated citations and other AI-generated legal errors.

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Kennon v. Ashley

U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas · Kansas · Feb 18, 2026

Plaintiff's counsel repeatedly quoted passages purportedly from defendants' depositions that the court found do not appear in the cited transcript pages; the court treated the pattern as egregious and ordered counsel to show cause under Rule 11.

Judges: John Wesley Broomes

Order to Show CauseParty using AI: Represented by counselRead the decision ↗

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Sammie Dwayne McPhaul v. College Hills OPCO

U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas · Kansas · Jan 6, 2026

False Quotes: Case Law | Plaintiff quoted a passage attributed to Cory v. Troth that does not appear in that opinion; court identified the quotation as inaccurate. || False Quotes: Case Law | Plaintiff attributed a quotation to Mason v. Gerin Corp. that is not found in the opinion; court flagged it as inaccurate. || False Quotes: Case Law | Plaintiff quoted Fanning v. Sitton Motor Lines as containing language about showing 'some cognitive awareness' that the opinion does not contain; court noted the misquotation. || False Quotes: Case Law | Plaintiff attributed a phrase about 'even the movement of the toes or legs of the decedent' to Cochrane v. Schneider Nat’l that does not exist in that opinion; court flagged it. || False Quotes: Case Law | Plaintiff quoted Lemmons v. Board of County Comm’rs for a relation-back principle quotation that is absent from that decision; court identified the inaccuracy. || Misrepresented: Case Law | Plaintiff cited Pape v. Kansas Power & Light Co. with an incorrect citation number; court noted the citation was not correct.

Judges: John Wesley Broomes

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McLain v. Board of County Commissioners of Sedgwick County, Kansas, et al.

U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas · Kansas · Dec 11, 2025

Misrepresented: Case Law | Plaintiffs cited a case that the court found had 'no bearing on the proposition' for which it was cited, treated as a misapplied/misrepresented authority likely produced by AI. || Fabricated: Case Law | Plaintiffs' application for entry of default contained at least one nonexistent (phantom) case citation; the court identified it as fabricated and warned plaintiffs to validate AI-generated content.

Judges: John Wesley Broomes

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