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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

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Cristancho et al. v. SWBC Mortgage Corporation et al.

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas · Texas · Aug 4, 2026

Fabricated: Case Law | Plaintiffs relied on Tractebel Energy Marketing, Inc. v. E.I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co. for a Restatement-based contract argument; the court determined the Tractebel opinion is fabricated. || Fabricated: Case Law | Plaintiffs cited Pointe West Center, LLC v. It's Alive, Inc., purportedly supporting a wrongful-initiation-of-foreclosure cause of action; the court found this cite to be fabricated.

Judges: Andrew M. Edison

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GS Holistic, LLC v. AAR Management LLC, et al.

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas · Texas · Jul 8, 2026

Misrepresented: Case Law | Defendants cited Ochoa v. P.A.M. Transport, Inc. with an incorrect Westlaw identifier and wrong district/date; court corrected to Ochoa v. P.A.M. Transp., No. SA-17-cv-787, 2018 WL 7297889 (W.D. Tex. Aug. 15, 2018). || Misrepresented: Case Law | Defendants cited Royal v. Integreon, Inc. with an incorrect Westlaw identifier and incorrect district/date; court corrected to Royal v. Integreon, Inc., No. 1:19-cv-822, 2020 WL 13836729 (W.D. Tex. Apr. 15, 2020). || Misrepresented: Case Law | Defendants cited La. State Conference of the NAACP with an incorrect Westlaw identifier and wrong year; court corrected to La. State Conf. of the NAACP v. Louisiana, 490 F. Supp. 3d 982 (M.D. La. 2020). || Misrepresented: Case Law | Defendants cited People’s Workshop, Inc. v. FEMA with an incorrect Westlaw identifier and incorrect decision year; court corrected to People’s Workshop, Inc. v. FEMA, No. CV 17-107, 2019 WL 1140196 (M.D. La. Mar. 12, 2019). || Misrepresented: Case Law | Defendants cited Jimenez v. CitiMortgage with an incorrect Westlaw identifier and wrong opinion date; court corrected to Jimenez v. Citimortgage, Inc., No. CV SA-17-ca-00134, 2017 WL 11236934 (W.…

Judges: Andrew M. Edison

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Compania General de Combustibles S.A., et al. v. RGR Global Logistics, LLC, et al.

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas · Texas · Jun 23, 2026

Fabricated: Case Law | Union Pacific cited 'Missouri Pac. R.R. Co. v. Shiflet, 425 S.W.2d 662 (Tex. 1968)' for the proposition that railroads may presume motorists obey traffic laws; the Court could not locate the opinion and believes the case does not exist.

Judges: Nicholas Jon Ganjei

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Moore v. Wireless CCTV LLC

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas · Texas · Apr 27, 2026

Fabricated: Case Law | Pleading cited 'Thomas v. City of San Marcos (W.D. Tex.)', which the court checked and found does not exist; court treated it as likely AI-generated. || Fabricated: Case Law | Pleading cited 'Cole v. Sandler, 2014 WL 266501 (E.D. La.)'; court found the citation does not exist and the Westlaw number points to a different case (Cole v. Hunter), not supporting plaintiff's proposition.

Judges: Lee Hyman Rosenthal

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Kisha Peters v. Banner Health

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas · Texas · Jan 15, 2026

Fabricated: Case Law | Plaintiff filed documents containing fabricated case citations and quotations that the Defendant and Court flagged as fake; Court ordered verification of AI-generated citations and warned against filing unverified AI content. || False Quotes: Case Law | Plaintiff included false quotations attributed to cases in filings (appearing AI-generated); Court found quotations inaccurate or fake and again required certification that citations were checked in the courthouse law library.

Judges: Christina A. Bryan

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Virginia Montoya Cabanas v. Pamela Bondi, et al.

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas · Texas · Nov 13, 2025

False Quotes: Doctrinal Work | Brief contained inaccurate quotations of cited conference report || Fabricated: Case Law | Petitioner's brief claimed the Government cited three cases that were not actually cited in the Government's filings. || Misrepresented: Case Law | Brief contained mischaracterizations of cited precedent (substantive inaccuracies in characterizations).

Judges: Charles R. Eskridge III

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Karina Elizondo vs. City of Laredo

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas · Texas · Jul 23, 2025

Counsel admitted his law clerk used AI tools and failed to verify the citations. The court imposed a $2,500 monetary sanction, required completion of CLE in ethics/legal technology, and ordered service of the sanction order to the plaintiff.

Judges: Marina Garcia Marmolejo

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