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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Mary-Rose F. Calenzo v. Waste Management, Inc.
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York · New York · Aug 5, 2026
Fabricated: Case Law | Plaintiff cited this opinion in opposition; the Court was unable to locate or verify it and treated it as nonexistent. || Fabricated: Case Law | Plaintiff cited this opinion in opposition; the Court was unable to locate or verify it and treated it as nonexistent. || Fabricated: Case Law | Plaintiff cited this opinion in opposition; the Court was unable to locate or verify it and treated it as nonexistent. || Fabricated: Case Law | Plaintiff cited this opinion in opposition; the Court was unable to locate or verify it and treated it as nonexistent.
Judges: Anne Marie Nardacci
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Jeri'yah Ford v. Troy City School District, et al.
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York · New York · Mar 4, 2026
Fabricated: Case Law | Plaintiff's Response cited unspecified Eighth Circuit and D. Kan. cases that opposing counsel and the Court could not locate; court concluded these were fabricated and ordered show cause. || Misrepresented: Case Law | Plaintiff mischaracterized Whitfield v. Notre Dame Middle Sch.; Court found the citation distinguishable and not supportive of Plaintiff's Title VI theory.
Judges: Anne Marie Nardacci
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Smith v. Clarence Smith et al.
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York · New York · Dec 22, 2025
Fabricated: Case Law | Plaintiff cited 'In re D.C. Judicial Conflicts of Interest, 540 F.2d 711 (D.C. Cir. 1976),' which the court found does not exist and is a fabricated citation. || Fabricated: Case Law | Plaintiff cited 'In re B.W., 352 F.3d 29 (2d Cir. 2003),' which the court determined does not exist and appears to be AI-generated. || Fabricated: Case Law | Plaintiff cited 'Wilkinson v. United States, 13 F.3d 855 (2d Cir. 1994),' which the court found to be nonexistent and unrelated to any real opinion at that reporter citation. || Misrepresented: Case Law | Plaintiff mis-cited Keir v. Schoeberl with an incorrect Westlaw citation ('2025 WL 1123456'); the court identified the correct citation as 2025 WL 437953, noting continued mis-citation of authority. || Misrepresented: Case Law | Plaintiff mis-cited Bennett v. Mnuchin with an incorrect Westlaw citation ('2020 WL 3214565'); the court noted the correct citation is 2020 WL 4432662, indicating miscitation rather than a substantive supporting authority.
Judges: Mae Avila D'Agostino
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Jeramiah Brown v. Fat Dough Incorp., doing business as Dominos Pizza
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York · New York · Sep 17, 2025
Fabricated: Case Law | Plaintiff included the fictitious citation 'Lynch v. U.S. Postal Service, 2016 WL 7338415 (N.D.N.Y. Dec. 19, 2016)'; court found the Westlaw citation actually corresponds to Green v. New York, No. 14-cv-2073, 2016 WL 7338415 (S.D.N.Y. Dec. 19, 2016), and no Lynch decision by this court in 2016.
Judges: Miroslav Lovric
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Gurpreet Kaur v. Captain Joel Desso
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York · New York · Jul 9, 2025
Counsel confessed having Claude Sonnet 4 to draft a legal submission, which included fabricated quotations from legal authorities. Counsel said he was pressed by time.After holding that there is "no reason to distinguish between the submission of fabricated cases and the submission of fabricated quotations from real cases. In both postures, the attorney seeks to persuade the Court using legal authority that does not exist", the court held that Mr. Desmarais had violated Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure by failing to verify the accuracy of the AI-generated content. Counsel was found to have acted in subjective bad faith, as he was aware of the potential for AI to hallucinate legal citations and failed to take corrective action even after the government pointed out the errors.The court imposed a $1,000 monetary sanction and required Counsel to complete a CLE course on the ethical use of AI in legal practice and notify his client of the issue.
Judges: Anne Marie Nardacci
