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Burgess v. Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio · Ohio · Aug 6, 2026

Fabricated: Case Law | Defendant's Opposition cited 'State ex rel. Shimola v. City of Cleveland' at 70 Ohio St.3d 40 (incorrect/misleading citation); the Court found this citation hallucinatory and noted the actual Shimola decision is at 70 Ohio St.3d 100, 637 N.E.2d 325.

Judges: Pamela Ann Barker

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Burlingame v. Argo Private Client Group Ltd, et al.

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio · Ohio · Jul 8, 2026

Fabricated: Case Law | Plaintiff's briefing contained a citation to at least one case that may not exist; the SDNY court and this Court flagged it as potentially fabricated. || Misrepresented: Case Law | Plaintiff mischaracterized the holdings of cited precedents, claiming they supported propositions they do not; the Court corrected Plaintiff's representations of these cases.

Judges: Amanda M. Knapp

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Hong Chris Lu v. Capital One, N.A., et al.

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio · Ohio · Mar 25, 2026

Fabricated: Case Law | Opposition brief (Doc. 39) contained numerous fabricated cases and troubling citation inconsistencies; opposing counsel identified the fake citations (Doc. 41); plaintiff later apologized and withdrew or corrected the filings (Doc. 47). || Fabricated: Case Law | Subsequent filing (Doc. 43) again included fake cases; court noted repeated use of fabricated citations and citation inconsistencies in the docket.

Judges: James E. Grimes, Jr

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Vision Management Group v. Constant Aviation

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio · Ohio · Sep 22, 2025

Fabricated: Case Law | Counsel miscited Cook and referenced a non-existent page; the court identified the incorrect citation and corrected the record (noting the correct Cook citation). || Fabricated: Case Law | Counsel cited an unlocatable Sixth Circuit opinion 'Onyx Enters. Int'l Corp. v. Sloan' (843 F. App'x 859, 867 (6th Cir. 2021)); the court was unable to find the opinion and disregarded the citation.

Judges: Pamela Ann Barker

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Nixon v. Ken Ganley Ford West

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio · Ohio · Sep 3, 2025

Fabricated: Case Law | Court concluded at least two of Plaintiff's motions contained citations to nonexistent cases created by generative AI; Defendants reported inability to locate the cited authorities. || Fabricated: Case Law | Multiple unspecified case citations in Plaintiff's filings could not be found and were determined by the Court to be AI-generated fabrications.

Judges: J. Philip Calabrese

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