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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Marion Parnell, Jr. v. Florida Department of Corrections
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · National federal courts · Jul 10, 2026
False Quotes: Case Law | Reply brief included at least five non-existent quotations attributed to Eleventh Circuit opinions. || Fabricated: Case Law | Reply brief cited two non-existent court opinions.
Judges: Embry Jerode Kidd
Brief partly Struck; Adverse Costs Order; Bar ReferralParty using AI: Represented by counselRead the decision ↗ AI-related case
Akerlund v. Atlas Air, Inc., et al.
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · National federal courts · Jul 10, 2026
Fabricated: Case Law | Counsel cited this case as authority; the court found the citation to be a nonexistent, hallucinated case. || Fabricated: Case Law | Counsel cited this district-court opinion; the court determined it was a hallucinated citation. || Fabricated: Case Law | Counsel cited this case as authority; the court found the citation to be a nonexistent, hallucinated case. || Fabricated: Case Law | Counsel cited this purported Middle District of Florida opinion; the court found it did not exist. || Fabricated: Case Law | Counsel cited this alleged Eleventh Circuit or other appellate opinion; the court determined it was fabricated. || Fabricated: Case Law | Counsel cited this Florida appellate opinion (appeared in multiple filings with inconsistent attribution); the court found the citation was hallucinated. || Fabricated: Case Law | Counsel cited this purported Florida Fourth DCA opinion in a reply; the court found it was fabricated. || Fabricated: Case Law | Counsel cited this district-court opinion (D. Colo.); the court concluded the citation was a hallucination.
Judges: Britt Cagle Grant, Embry Jerode Kidd, Robin Stacie Rosenbaum
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Downing v. Dwayne Brown, et al.
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · National federal courts · May 20, 2026
False Quotes: Case Law | Appellant attributed a quotation to a real decision (In re Worldwide Web Sys., Inc., 328 F.3d 1291 (11th Cir. 2003)) that the court found is not in that opinion—the quotation appears to be fabricated or misattributed. || Fabricated: Case Law | Appellant cited a non-existent precedent—United States v. Jones, 29 F.4th 1290, 1294 (11th Cir. 2022)—and attributed a quotation to it; the court found the precedent and quoted text do not exist.
Judges: Nancy Gbana Abudu
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Eliott Williamson v. TransUnion LLC, Experian Information Solutions, Inc.
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · National federal courts · May 4, 2026
Fabricated: Case Law | Williamson cited numerous nonexistent cases in his filings; opposing parties flagged many citations as to non-existent authorities and the magistrate judge found these citations to be willful misuse. || Misrepresented: Case Law | Williamson misstated and misrepresented case holdings to make them support his position; the magistrate judge characterized these misrepresentations as egregious and willful. || False Quotes: Case Law | Williamson misquoted existing cases in filings; the magistrate judge found misquotations and noted they were used to support his claims.
Judges: William Holcombe Pryor Jr.
Affirmed on appeal earlier dismissal with prejudiceParty using AI: Self-representedRead the decision ↗