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AI Legal Sanction Case Database
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
- 1,925
- Courts covered
- 398
- Cases with a reported penalty
- 351
- USD-denominated penalties
- $1,299,986
- across 193 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.
1,307 cases match these filters · page 27 of 27
| Case | Court | Jurisdiction | Judge | Decided | AI tool | Outcome | Penalty | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Varma v. The Bank of New York Mellon | Cal. Ct. App., 4th App. Dist., Div. 2 | USA | — | 2026-08-27 | Unidentified | Sanctions imposed: appellants sanctioned to pay Bank of New York's appellate attorney fees (amount to be determined by the trial court); matter remanded to determine fee award; court forwarded opinion to State Bar for possible investigation. | None reported | Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB) |
| Charlie Reyes v. Bryce Bailey, et al. | D. New Mexico | USA | — | 2026-08-28 | Implied | No Sanctions | None reported | Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB) |
| Erin Booker v. The Kroger Co. | N.D. Georgia | USA | — | 2026-08-28 | Unidentified | Monetary Sanctions; CLE | 8000 USD | Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB) |
| Estate of Bernie Leynell Nelson v Hurley Medical Center | CA Michigan | USA | — | 2026-08-28 | Implied | — | None reported | Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB) |
| Sanja Noble v. WMC Mortgage Corp. et al. | Ill. App. 1st Dist. | USA | — | 2026-08-28 | Implied | Appellate court identified the citation as a hallucination, corrected the authority (pointing to People v. Mott), declined to strike the brief, and refused to consider the unsupported assertion; no professional sanction imposed. | None reported | Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB) |
| State of Hawaii v. Cody Presti | Intermediate Court of Appeals of Hawaii | USA | — | 2026-08-31 | Implied | Arguments supported by nonexistent authority were deemed waived; court declined to impose sanctions in this criminal direct appeal though noted sanctions were available under appellate rules. | None reported | Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB) |
| Cheryl O’Donnell v. Hope Clough | SC Vermont | USA | — | — | Implied | Warning | None reported | Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB) |
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.