AI Abuse Court Cases
Search 691 source-linked cases involving fabricated citations and other AI-generated legal errors.
814 judge-case associations across 549 judges and 187 courts.
Source: Damien Charlotin
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Marquez v. Dreiling
U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas · Kansas · Jun 29, 2026
False Quotes: Case Law | Plaintiff's brief quoted a passage as from Schmidt v. Huff that the court found does not appear in the Schmidt opinion; court noted the false quote and declined to sanction.
Judges: John Wesley Broomes
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Justin Spiehs v. Erik Smith
U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas · Kansas · Apr 29, 2026
False Quotes: Case Law | Plaintiff’s brief contained quotations attributed to three cited cases that do not appear in those opinions; the court confirmed the quotes were absent and suspected AI generation.
Judges: John Wesley Broomes
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Ford v. Sherwin-Williams
U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas · Kansas · Mar 31, 2026
The district court identified fabricated citations and quotations in the pro se plaintiff's filings (e.g., a cited Westlaw number and case caption that did not match the cited authority). The court suspected the citations were AI-generated, cautioned the plai…
Judges: Daniel Dale Crabtree
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Zesiger v. Kansas et al.
U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas · Kansas · Mar 17, 2026
Fabricated: Case Law | Plaintiffs filed motions containing inaccurate or nonexistent case citations; Magistrate Judge Schwartz warned Plaintiffs about filing motions that contain inaccurate or nonexistent case citations. || Misrepresented: Case Law | Plaintif…
Judges: Eric F. Melgren
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Roosevelt Hunt, Jr. v. True Sky Federal Credit Union
U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas · Kansas · Feb 25, 2026
Fabricated: Case Law | Plaintiff cited 'Howard v. CitiMortgage, Inc., 2019 WL 1401348 (D. Kan. Mar. 28, 2019)', which the court found does not exist in Westlaw and for which no case number was provided.
Judges: John Wesley Broomes
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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
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Lexos Media IP, LLC v. Overstock.com, Inc.
U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas · Kansas · Feb 2, 2026
Order to show cause was here. Defendant later obtained summary judgment, in part because plaintiff failed to cite any legal authority (once the hallucinated material was stricken).
Judges: Julie A. Robinson
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Robby Mendez v. City of Topeka, et al.
U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas · Kansas · Jan 16, 2026
While the court did not ascertained whether the plaintiff's brief contained any hallucination, Pelaikan identified at least two, as well as several misrepresentations: see the report here.
Judges: John Wesley Broomes
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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 no…
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 e…
Judges: John Wesley Broomes