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
1,395Cases
837Judge-case associations
551Judges
164Courts
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Tyler Shelbert v. Baxter International, Inc.
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois · Illinois · Aug 26, 2026
Misrepresented: Case Law | Plaintiff cited Instituto Nacional de Comercializacion Agricola v. Continental Illinois Nat'l Bank & Trust Co., 858 F.2d 1264, 1270 (7th Cir. 1988) for two propositions about affirmative defenses; the court found the Seventh Circuit opinion did not support those propositions and lacks the phrase 'affirmative defense', noting the likely intended citation was a 1983 N.D. Ill. decision, 576 F. Supp. 985.
Judges: Virginia Mary Kendall
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Snisko v. Cascade Funding Mortgage Trust HB4
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois · Illinois · Aug 19, 2026
Misrepresented: Case Law | Appellant cited In re Chi., Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pac. R.R. Co., 6 F.3d 1184, 1188 (7th Cir. 1993) for a 'de novo' standard, but the case actually supports abuse-of-discretion review for permissive abstention (misstated precedent). || False Quotes: Case Law | Appellant included a quotation attributed to In re Tarnow that does not appear in that opinion. || False Quotes: Case Law | Appellant apparently quoted or attributed propositions to In re Aguirre and In re Boughton that do not appear in those cases, per appellee and the court.
Judges: Manish Suresh Shah
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United States of America v. Smith
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois · Illinois · Aug 7, 2026
Fabricated: Case Law | Court could not find the purported case relied on by petitioner in briefing. || Misrepresented: Case Law | Petitioner attributed a holding to Jones that would have required resentencing; Court found the case real but mischaracterized (Jones affirmed the sentence). || Misrepresented: Case Law | Petitioner said Scott supported a cumulative-effect ineffective-assistance argument; Court found Scott did not contain that discussion. || Fabricated: Case Law | Court unable to locate the cited Rivera decision and URL led nowhere; citation unsupported. || Misrepresented: Case Law | Petitioner cited Aviles-Colon as reversing for misrepresentation of loss amount; Court noted Aviles-Colon was a remand in a Brady context and did not support petitioner's asserted point. || Fabricated: Case Law | Court could not locate the cited Johnson decision petitioner relied on for the proposition that prosecutorial exaggeration is improper. || Fabricated: Case Law | Court could not locate or verify the cited case; petitioner relied on this citation to support his §2C1.1 argument. || Fabricated: Case Law | Court could not locate the cited decision that petitioner attributed supporting…
Judges: Edmond E-Min Chang
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Tekway, Inc. v. AT&T Services, Inc.
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois · Illinois · Jul 14, 2026
Fabricated: Case Law | Plaintiff cited a non-existent case Webb v. Frawley, 392 F.3d 815, 819 (7th Cir. 2004); the court observed that this citation is incorrect and that the real Webb v. Frawley is 906 F.3d 569 (7th Cir. 2018), which does not support the cited proposition.
Judges: Sunil Ramesh Harjani
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USA v. Organes
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois · Illinois · Jun 29, 2026
Fabricated: Case Law | Pro se brief relied on several non-existent case citations which the Government identified as fabricated AI-generated authorities. || False Quotes: Case Law | Pro se brief contained misquoted excerpts from existing cases (false quotes) flagged by the Government as AI hallucinations.
Judges: Mary Margaret Rowland
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Ifeoma Delliane Chinedu Obi v. Cook County, Illinois, et al. (2)
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois · Illinois · Jun 10, 2026
Fabricated: Case Law | Plaintiff asserted a quoted passage and cited 'Andrade v. Arby Concessions, 88 F.4th 1014 (7th Cir. 2023)'; the court found the quote, the case citation, and the claimed district-court 'acknowledgement' were fabricated. || Fabricated: Case Law | Plaintiff repeatedly filed AI-generated briefs 'riddled with fabricated cases and arguments,' leading the court to find ongoing Rule 11 violations.
Judges: Virginia Mary Kendall
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Allison v. Shutterfly LifeTouch LLC
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois · Illinois · Jun 8, 2026
Fabricated: Case Law | Prior filings by Plaintiff contained citations to fictitious cases; the court identified these as hallmarks of an AI 'hallucination.' || Misrepresented: Case Law | Plaintiff characterized Norberg v. Shutterfly as 'controlling' and as supporting standing for misdelivery of photos; the court held Norberg addressed biometric privacy/facial recognition and was not controlling or on point.
Judges: Rebecca R. Pallmeyer
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Saqib Kafeel v. CJDropshipping
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois · Illinois · May 22, 2026
Fabricated: Case Law | Multiple citations in Kafeel's filings to nonexistent cases documented in Defendant's exhibits; court found numerous fabricated case citations. || False Quotes: Case Law | Direct quotations in filings that appear to come from no real opinion; court and Defendant documented fabricated quotes. || Misrepresented: Case Law | Citations and quotations that conflict with the plaintiff's claims and the record, suggesting misrepresentation of authority.
Judges: Young B. Kim
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DeVore v. McCombie
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois · Illinois · May 11, 2026
Fabricated: Case Law | Defendant cited a case the Court could not locate; the combination of case name and reporter citation appears non-existent. || Misrepresented: Case Law | Defendant cited Alvarez v. City of Chicago with page cites (452–53) that do not exist; the opinion ends at page 451 and does not support the cited proposition per the Court.
Judges: Mary Margaret Rowland
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Faisal Rahman v. Michael J. Burton, et al.
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois · Illinois · Apr 30, 2026
Fabricated: Case Law | Plaintiff cited a case called 'Swayne' that the court determined does not exist; court identified the citation as fabricated in assessing Rule 11 concerns. || Fabricated: Case Law | Plaintiff cited a purported Seventh Circuit case called 'Kitchen' that the court determined does not exist at the plaintiff's citation; court treated it as a fabricated citation.
Judges: Manish Suresh Shah
