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
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Wilkinson v. Schmelzer
Iowa Court of Appeals · Iowa · Aug 19, 2026
Fabricated: Legal Norm | Appellant's briefs referenced the nonexistent procedural rule "Iowa R. App. P. 6.1004(3)"; court noted it could be a typo or unchecked AI output and found no other hallucinated authorities.
Judges: John M. Sandy, Mary E. Chicchelly, Mary Tabor
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Nisland Asset Investment, LLC v. Carissa Ann Gericke
Iowa Court of Appeals · Iowa · Apr 29, 2026
Fabricated: Case Law | Appellant's brief cited a case that the court determined does not exist. || Fabricated: Case Law | Appellant's brief cited a second case that the court determined does not exist. || Misrepresented: Case Law | Appellant cited an existing case that the court concluded 'has nothing to do with the proposition' for which it was cited (misapplied precedent).
Judges: Mary Tabor, Samuel P. Langholz
Issues deemed waived for failure to provide valid supporting authorityParty using AI: Self-representedRead the decision ↗ AI-related case
In the Interest of R.A.
Iowa Court of Appeals · Iowa · Oct 1, 2025
Fabricated: Case Law | Reply brief included citations to cases and statutory text that the court could not locate; court concluded they were likely fabricated by AI and ordered counsel to explain. || False Quotes: Case Law | Reply brief contained inaccurate quotations from purported authorities such that the court determined the quotations were not accurately derived from real sources.
Judges: Mary Tabor, Sharon Soorholtz Greer
Brief struck; Monetary penalty OR two hours of AI-specific CLE; referral to BarParty using AI: Represented by counselRead the decision ↗ AI-related case
Turner v. Garrels
Iowa Court of Appeals · Iowa · Sep 4, 2025
Fabricated: Case Law | Turner quoted at least one nonexistent case in his judicial-notice motion; the court observed this appeared to be AI misuse and cautioned parties to independently verify sources.
Judges: Mary Tabor, Samuel P. Langholz