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Baker v. Rastelli Foods LLC

U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey · New Jersey · Mar 26, 2026

Fabricated: Case Law | Multiple cases cited by plaintiffs were so inaccurately cited that the Court was unable to locate them and questioned whether they exist. || False Quotes: Case Law | Plaintiffs used a quotation that does not appear in the cited case (false quotation noted by the Court).

Judges: Edward Sunyol Kiel

Order to provide PDF copies of cited case; Order to Show CauseParty using AI: Self-representedRead the decision ↗

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Lawand Hill v. Sloppy Vinyl, LLC, et al.

U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey · New Jersey · Mar 5, 2026

False Quotes: Case Law | Plaintiff cited Duff v. Trenton Beverage Co., 73 A.2d 578 (1950) for the proposition that a contract 'never becomes binding' if a condition precedent is not completed; the court found the quoted language does not appear in Duff. || False Quotes: Case Law | Plaintiff cited Mazziotti v. Allstate Ins. Co., 240 N.J. Super. 173, 180 (App. Div. 1990) to support a New Jersey-law proposition; the court found this citation to be incorrect (actual reported Mazziotti is 695 A.2d 1010 (Conn. 1997)) and the quoted language does not appear in the Connecticut case. || False Quotes: Case Law | Plaintiff cited Jordan v. Fox, Rothschild, O’Brien & Frankel, 20 F.3d 1250 (3d Cir. 1994) for the proposition that a district court 'may not consider matters extraneous to the pleadings' on a motion to dismiss; the court found that quoted language does not appear in Jordan.

Judges: Brian R. Martinotti

Motion to dismiss granted; warningParty using AI: Self-representedRead the decision ↗

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United States v. Juliet Payseur and 20-22 McGregor Avenue, LLC

U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey · New Jersey · Jan 7, 2026

Misrepresented: Case Law | Doyle cited Vazquez v. Triad Media Solutions, 2016 WL 155044, at *2 as applying Twombly/Iqbal to affirmative defenses; the court could not locate an opinion supporting that proposition and found the citation mischaracterized. || Misrepresented: Case Law | Doyle cited Herman & MacLean v. Huddleston, 459 U.S. 375, 388 (1983) for an incorrect proposition about punitive damages under the FHA; the court noted Herman & MacLean is a securities case and was misapplied. || Fabricated: Case Law | The motion contained numerous citations that could not be verified or did not support the propositions for which they were cited; the court described these as hallucinatory or fabricated citations and warned the litigant.

Judges: Brian R. Martinotti

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Cesareo v. Port Authority of New York and New Jersey

U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey · New Jersey · Dec 31, 2025

Fabricated: Case Law | Plaintiff cited a Ninth Circuit opinion 'Doe v. Bogan, 93 F.3d 544, 551 (9th Cir. 1996),' which the Court was unable to locate and concluded does not appear to exist as cited. || False Quotes: Case Law | Plaintiff attributed language to Int'l Bhd. of Teamsters, Loc. No. 310, 587 F.2d 1176, 1182 (D.C. Cir. 1978) that the Court could not locate in the opinion (misquoted/attributed language). || False Quotes: Case Law | Plaintiff cited Welling v. Alexy, 155 F.R.D. 654, 657 (N.D. Cal. 1994) for a proposition about irreparable psychological/reputational harm, but the Court was unable to locate that language in the opinion (misquoted).

Judges: Cari Fais, Jamel Ken Semper

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Eric Hildebrandt v. siParadigm LLC et al.

U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey · New Jersey · Dec 31, 2025

Fabricated: Case Law | Supplemental Filing contained forty-three identified instances of fabricated citations or case law; Court declined to consider the filing and treated those propositions as unsupported. || Fabricated: Case Law | Consolidated Complaint was 'replete with citations to irrelevant, and sometimes fabricated, case law' across many paragraphs; Court refused to credit those citations. || Misrepresented: Case Law | Defendants noted several incorrect/inaccurate citations in the Consolidated Complaint, including two cases cited over fifty times that did not support Plaintiffs' propositions; counsel's errata did not cure these inaccuracies. || False Quotes: Exhibits & Submissions | Plaintiffs' Opposition contained AI drafting artifacts and unchecked inserted text (e.g., 'Let me know when you’d like to proceed to the next section: Count Eight . . .'), evidencing unverified AI-generated material and potential false quotations in submissions.

Judges: Jamel Ken Semper, Leda Dunn Wettre

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Kertesz v. Colony Tire Corp et al.

U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey · New Jersey · Sep 30, 2025

Plaintiff's counsel filed a Notice of Errata admitting that erroneous citation and quotation errors in multiple briefs resulted from the attorney's use of generative AI. The Court refused to consider the amended briefs/errata for purposes of its decision and treated any propositions supported solely by the incorrect or made-up citations as unsupported. The Court declined to impose sanctions but warned the attorney that relying on AI without proper oversight can be sanctionable under the New Jersey Rules of Professional Conduct.

Judges: Jamel Ken Semper

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OTG New York, Inc. v. Ottogi America, Inc.

U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey · New Jersey · Sep 18, 2025

Fabricated: Case Law | Counsel cited a case that could not be verified at all and appears to be entirely fabricated; counsel admitted the citation could not be verified. || Misrepresented: Case Law | Counsel cited a case that addressed an irrelevant topic and thus did not support the proposition asserted (mischaracterized authority). || False Quotes: Case Law | Counsel attributed quotations to cited opinions that the opinions did not contain (false quotations/misattribution).

Judges: Jose R. Almonte

Monetary sanction; Plaintiff's Reply withdrawn and stricken; order to self-report to bar(s) and serve client with orderParty using AI: Represented by counselRead the decision ↗