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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United States v. Farris
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · National federal courts · Apr 3, 2026
Fabricated: Doctrinal Work | AI-generated quoted commentary attributed to U.S.S.G. § 3B1.1 cmt. n.1 did not appear in the cited commentary; the court could not locate similar language in any authority. || False Quotes: Case Law | Brief attributed a quotation to United States v. Washington ('simply facilitating the offense without exercising decision-making authority is insufficient') that does not appear in that opinion; the court noted Washington in fact upheld the enhancement. || False Quotes: Case Law | Brief attributed a quotation to United States v. Anthony ('[t]here was no evidence [the defendant] directed or supervised anyone else') that does not appear in the opinion; the court explained Anthony's vacatur was narrow and the defendant had conceded supervisory role.
Judges: Whitney Downs Hermandorfer
Counsel disqualified with no compensation for time served; Briefs locked; Bar Referral; Notice of OpinionParty using AI: Represented by counselRead the decision ↗ AI-related case
Whiting v. City of Athens, Tenn.
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · National federal courts · Mar 13, 2026
Fabricated: Case Law | Brief cited 'Berg v. Knox Cnty., 2024 WL 2012345, at *4 (6th Cir. Mar. 12, 2024)'; the court could not locate any such Sixth Circuit opinion and the WL citation produced no opinion. || Fabricated: Legal Norm | Brief cited a non-existent Tennessee statute section 'T.C.A. § 29-12-119'; the court could not find that section in the Tennessee Code Annotated. || False Quotes: Case Law | Brief repeatedly quoted '"[T]he mere fact that a plaintiff did not prevail does not mean that the claim was frivolous."' and attributed it to Adcock-Ladd v. Secretary of the Treasury, but that language does not appear in Adcock-Ladd. || False Quotes: Case Law | Brief attributed several quoted propositions to Fox v. Vice that do not appear in that opinion; the court found the quoted language absent from Fox. || Misrepresented: Case Law | Brief cited 'Jones v. Hamilton Cnty., 29 F.4th 647, 655 (6th Cir. 2022)' for a Sixth Circuit proposition, but the reporter pages cited corresponded to unrelated Tenth Circuit opinions; the Sixth Circuit Jones exists only as an unpublished opinion and was misrepresented. || Misrepresented: Exhibits & Submissions | Brief cited Complaint paragraph (R.3…
Judges: Jane Branstetter Stranch
