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AI Legal Sanction Case Database

Name: AI Legal Sanction Case Database
Creator: Citation Safe
License: https://citationsafe.com/terms

The AI Legal Sanction Case Database is the authoritative, continuously-updated, free index of publicly reported cases where a US or foreign court sanctioned, warned, or issued an order to show cause over AI-hallucinated citations in a legal filing. According to Citation Safe’s public sanctions database, courts have addressed AI-citation problems in 1000 reported cases tracked here as of today, spanning 2023–2026. New cases are ingested daily.

Cases tracked: 1,898
Courts covered: 393
Cases with a reported penalty: 349
USD-denominated penalties: $1,290,986; across 191 USD cases — other currencies not converted

This is the structured dataset: every row here is a live, queryable record — sortable and filterable by jurisdiction, AI tool, judge, and year, with results pulled fresh on every request. Download the full dataset as CSV. For curated write-ups of the highest-profile entries — case background, why each sanction happened, what to take from it — see the AI Hallucination Sanctions Tracker, our editorial companion to this database.

1,898 cases match these filters · page 17 of 38

Case	Court	Jurisdiction	Judge	Decided	AI tool	Outcome	Penalty	Source
Billups v. Louisville Municipal School District	N.D. Mississippi	USA	—	2025-12-19	Grok	Counsel DQ'd; monetary sanction; obligatory audit of all past filings	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Disability Rights Mississippi v. Palmer Home for Children	N.D Mississippi	USA	—	2025-12-19	Implied	Monetary sanction; CLE requirement; notification to bar and other courts; attorney withdrawal.	20883 USD	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Fantini v. WestRock Services, LLC	D. New Jersey	USA	—	2025-12-19	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Gavin Simpson v. Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC	W.D. Virginia	USA	—	2025-12-19	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Groulx v. CSL Limited	CA Michigan	USA	—	2025-12-19	—	Appeal dismissed	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Nelligan O’Brien Payne v Amy French	IP Office	Canada	—	2025-12-19	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Obermann v. ICBC	BC CRT	Canada	—	2025-12-19	Implied	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Patrick Joseph Groulx v CSL Limited	CA Michigan	USA	—	2025-12-19	Implied	Appeal dismissed	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Donovan v. Clark County Assessor	Indiana Tax Court	USA	—	2025-12-22	Unidentified	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Levy v. Google LLC	W.D. Washington	USA	—	2025-12-22	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Leytcorp v Mimbim Enterprises	Trade Marks Office	Australia	—	2025-12-22	Implied	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Matter of: KE System Services, Inc.	GAO	USA	—	2025-12-22	Implied	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Pasuengos v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship	Federal Circuit and Family Court	Australia	—	2025-12-22	Unidentified	Order to Show Cause	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Rathi & Rathi	Federal Circuit and Family Court	Australia	—	2025-12-22	Implied	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Smith v. Clarence Smith et al.	N.D. New York	USA	—	2025-12-22	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Allen v. Amazon	N.D. Texas	USA	—	2025-12-23	Unidentified	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Fitzgerald v. Brady	Vermont SC	USA	—	2025-12-23	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
In the matter of Bayfoyle	SC New South Wales	Australia	—	2025-12-23	Implied	Adverse Costs Order (AI misuse one of the factors); Declined to Refer to the Bar	1	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Kalala v. Coopérative d'habitation La Fraternité Micheloise	CS Québec	Canada	—	2025-12-23	Implied	Monetary Sanction	500 CAD	Source (canlii.org)
Krystle J. Lyons v. Oak Harbor School District	W.D. Washington	USA	—	2025-12-23	Implied	Amended Complaint dismissed with prejudice.	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Leber v. Bryan Medical Center et al.	D. Nebraska	USA	—	2025-12-23	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
M... G... c. A... C...	QCCS	Canada	—	2025-12-23	Implied	Monetary Sanction	500 CAD	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Minjie Zheng v. ICANN	C.D. California	USA	—	2025-12-23	Implied	Monetary Sanction	66129 USD	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Tekla & Tekla	Federal Circuit and Family Court	Australia	—	2025-12-23	Implied	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
JF v Canada Employment Insurance Commission	Social Security Tribunal	Canada	—	2025-12-24	Implied	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Mrs Sandra Archer v GTC Contracting	Fair Work Commission	Australia	—	2025-12-24	Unidentified	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Case 2025/RK/12	CA Antwerp	Belgium	—	2025-12-25	Implied	Monetary Sanction	25000 EUR	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Mag 7 Ltd. et al. v. Tederi et al.	District Court, Tel Aviv-Yafo	Israel	—	2025-12-25	Implied	Monetary Sanction; Order to amend pleading	10000 ILS	Source (law.co.il)
Herzel Hagigi v. Official Receiver	Supreme Court	Israel	—	2025-12-28	Implied	Appeal dismissed, monetary sanction	5000 ILS	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Chaudhary v. Genest	HRT Ontario	Canada	—	2025-12-29	Implied	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Cherleatha B. v. Frank Bisignano	D. South Carolina	USA	—	2025-12-29	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
In re S.A., D.H., and B.M., Minors	CA Illinois	USA	—	2025-12-29	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
N° 2506461	TA Orléans	France	—	2025-12-29	Implied	Admonishment	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Ng v. AmGuard Insurance Company, et al.	S.D. New York	USA	—	2025-12-29	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Rachel Jones v. Experian Information Solutions	E.D. Michigan	USA	—	2025-12-29	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Johnson v. Digital Federal Credit Union	N.D. Texas	USA	—	2025-12-30	Implied	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Labatt USA Operating v. Friends Beverage Group	SC New York	USA	—	2025-12-30	Unidentified	Filings struck	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
M Peiu v Hywel Dda University Local Health Board	Employment Tribunal (Swansea)	UK	—	2025-12-30	ChatGPT	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
M.T. Real Estate Investment Inc. v. Servis One, Inc., et al.	D. Nevada	USA	—	2025-12-30	Unidentified	Briefs Struck; Adverse Costs Order; Bar Referral	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Nicole Beverly Silverberg v. Steven Bonomo, et al.	D. Nevada	USA	—	2025-12-30	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Pauliah v. University of Mississippi Medical Center	S.D. Mississippi	USA	—	2025-12-30	Unidentified	Monetary Sanction; CLE	5000 USD	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Tiffany Regina Ringer v. Bank of America, N.A.	N.D. Georgia	USA	—	2025-12-30	Implied	Fine; Ordered to submit statement of training/oversight	1500 USD	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Burnett v. The City of New York	SC New York	USA	—	2025-12-31	Implied	Order to Show Cause	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Cesareo v. Port Authority of New York and New Jersey	D. New Jersey	USA	—	2025-12-31	Implied	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Eric Hildebrandt v. siParadigm LLC et al.	D. New Jersey	USA	—	2025-12-31	Unidentified	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Massachusetts Housing Finance Agency v. Bradley K. Bass, et al.	Massachusetts Land Court	USA	—	2025-12-31	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Sentencia 000126/2025	TSJ Gran Canaria	Spain	—	2025-12-31	Implied	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Husni Al Qawasmi Association et al. v. Ziad Oweisat (Sharfi) et al.	Supreme Court	Israel	—	2026-01-01	Implied	Monetary Sanction	500 ILS	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Dudak (Re)	SafeRoads Alberta	Canada	—	2026-01-02	ChatGPT	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Washburn v. Houston	Arizona CA	USA	—	2026-01-02	Implied	Bar referral	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)

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This database aggregates publicly reported court sanctions and orders over AI-hallucinated citations. It is informational only, not legal advice, and not a complete record of every such case nationwide — see our free citation checker to verify your own filings before this happens to you.