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
8 cases found · 10 maximum per page
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Peter Williams, et al. v. Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport Board, et al.
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas · Texas · Aug 27, 2026
Fabricated: Case Law | Plaintiffs cited 'Dawkins v. Fields, 354 F.3d 392 (5th Cir. 2003)' to support clearly established law; the Court found no such controlling authority and treated the citation as erroneous. || Fabricated: Case Law | Plaintiffs cited 'Iko v. Shreve, 122 F.3d 707 (4th Cir. 1997)'; the Court identified this as a miscitation (likely meant Iko v. Shreve, 535 F.3d 225 (4th Cir. 2008)) and found the cited authority out-of-circuit and inapposite. || Fabricated: Case Law | Plaintiffs relied on 'Yates v. Terry, 817 F.3d 877 (4th Cir. 2016)' to show a clearly established rule for tasing a nonresisting arrestee; the Court treated the citation as non-controlling/out-of-circuit and materially dissimilar to the facts here. || Misrepresented: Case Law | Plaintiffs construed Garner to mean that any application of force against a compliant, non-threatening person is always objectively unreasonable; the Court rejected this overbroad reading as a mischaracterization of Garner.
Judges: Mark Timothy Pittman
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Transcontinental Realty Investors, Inc., et al. v. Daniel J. Moos
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas · Texas · Jul 28, 2026
Fabricated: Case Law | Brief cited a non-existent N.D. Tex. opinion to support a legal proposition; Court identified only an unrelated D.N.J. case by the same name and found the cited authority provided no support.
Judges: Brian Mckay
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Rodney Herod v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc.
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas · Texas · Jun 23, 2026
Fabricated: Case Law | Plaintiff cited 'Cargill Inc. v. Zurich Am. Ins. Co., 825 F.3d 256 (5th Cir. 2016)'; the court found the case does not exist and counsel admitted the citation was generated by generative AI and unverified (see Notice of Errata, ECF No. 45).
Judges: Rebecca A. Rutherford
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Shelton v. Parkland Health
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas · Texas · Nov 10, 2025
Fabricated: Case Law | Brief contained multiple nonexistent legal citations generated by GAI; Court found the filings included 'nonexistent legal citations' and relied on opposing counsel's objections and investigation.
Judges: Brian Mckay
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Martin v. Taylor County
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas · Texas · Mar 6, 2024
In a footnote, the court held: "The Court notes that citing non-existent case law might potentially warrant sanctions under Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 11(b) and 11(c). See Fed. R. Civ. P. 11(b)–(c). Because the plaintiff is pro se and the Court is dismissing this suit, it has determined that a fuller investigation and consideration of potential sanctions is not warranted at this point in time."
Judges: James Wesley Hendrix
