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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State of Hawaii v. Cody Presti
Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals · Hawaii · Aug 31, 2026
Fabricated: Case Law | Opening Brief cited 'Stroud V people (Colo.)'; court's search returned zero appellate opinions from Colorado under that name. || Fabricated: Case Law | Opening Brief cited 'State v. Pune, 94 Hawaii 200 (2000)'; court found no such published opinion and Westlaw returned zero results for 'State v. Pune.' || Fabricated: Case Law | Opening Brief cited 'State V. Ah Mook Sang' which Westlaw returned no results; court found no appellate opinion by that name. || Fabricated: Case Law | Opening Brief cited 'State v. Eichman, 74 Wash. App. 479, 874 P.2d 646 (1994)'; court found the citation pointed to unrelated or different opinions and no matching authority supporting appellant's proposition. || Fabricated: Case Law | Opening Brief cited 'State v. Washington, 125 Or. App. 406, 865 P.2d 474 (1993)'; court found the citation led to an unrelated case (State v. Nilsen) and the proposition cited contradicted Oregon precedent. || Fabricated: Case Law | Opening Brief cited 'People v. Babich, 192 Cal. App. 4th 1423 (2011)'; court found the citation corresponded to a different reported sequence (192 Cal. App. 4th 1409) and the referenced proposition did not match. || Fabricate…
Judges: Keith K. Hiraoka, Kimberly T. Guidry, Sonja M.P. McCullen
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Keaau Development Partnership LLC v. Lawrence
Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals · Hawaii · May 15, 2025
AI UseCounsel filed a motion to dismiss appeal that cited “Greenspan v. Greenspan, 121 Hawai‘i 60, 71, 214 P.3d 557, 568 (App. 2009).” The court found that:No Hawai‘i case titled Greenspan v. Greenspan existsThe citations to “121 Hawai‘i 60” and “214 P.3d 568” were in fact to other real cases (Estate of Roxas v. Marcos and Colorado Court of Appeals cases), suggesting a garbled AI-generated fabricationCounsel admitted delegating the brief to a per diem attorney and failing to verify the citation before filingRuling/Sanction$100 sanction imposed on counsel personallyPayment to be made to the Supreme Court Clerk of Hawai‘i within seven daysDiPasquale ordered to file a declaration attesting to payment.The amount reflects counsel’s candor and corrective measures, but the court noted that federal courts have imposed higher sanctions in similar cases.
Judges: Katherine G. Leonard, Keith K. Hiraoka, Sonja M.P. McCullen
Monetary sanction against counsel personally; no disciplinary referralParty using AI: Represented by counselRead the decision ↗ 