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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
- 1,902
- Courts covered
- 396
- 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.
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| Case | Court | Jurisdiction | Judge | Decided | AI tool | Outcome | Penalty | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JEAN LUCIEN KIBONDO KILONGOZI v THE MINISTER OF CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION | Federal Court | Canada | — | 2026-07-10 | Implied | The Court identified the cited authority as non-existent and treated it as unreliable; no professional sanction or monetary penalty was imposed related to the fabricated citation. | None reported | Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB) |
| Kilongozi v. Minister for Citizenship | Federal Court | Canada | — | 2026-07-10 | Implied | — | None reported | Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB) |
| Giggs v. Michel (dba Soma MD Advanced Medical Aesthetics) | CRT | Canada | — | 2026-07-16 | Implied | — | None reported | Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB) |
| Haddadi et al. v. Soleimani et al., 2026 ONSC 3920 | DC Ontario | Canada | — | 2026-07-17 | Implied | No award of costs as sanctio | None reported | Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB) |
| In the Matter of a Hearing by a Panel of the Discipline Committee into the conduct of Denis Sawyer | Law Society of New Brunswick Discipline Committee | Canada | — | 2026-07-22 | Implied | Notice of Complaint filed | None reported | Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB) |
| CCDP v. Canada AG & Frantz Saint-Jean | Federal Court (Canada) | Canada | — | 2026-07-23 | Unidentified | Adverse Costs Order | 500 CAD | Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB) |
| Brantford (City) v. Doolittle, 2026 ONCJ 440 | Ontario Court of Justice (OCJ) | Canada | — | 2026-07-24 | Unidentified | Court found filings bore hallmarks of AI-generation; ordered procedural restrictions (10-page limit, signed affidavit attesting authorship), gave non-compliant AI-tinged filings little to no weight, warned of sanctions; no monetary or professional sanctions imposed. | None reported | Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB) |
| Yoon v. The Owners, Strata Plan NW86 | Civil Resolution Tribunal | Canada | — | 2026-07-24 | Implied | — | None reported | Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB) |
| Toronto Standard Condominium Corporation No. 2143 v. Robibaro | Ontario Condominium Authority Tribunal | Canada | — | 2026-07-28 | Implied | — | None reported | Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB) |
| Guertin-Giroux c. Delrue | TAL Québec | Canada | — | 2026-08-06 | Unidentified | — | None reported | Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB) |
| A. P. v. S. K. | CA Québec | Canada | — | 2026-08-11 | ChatGPT | Monetary Sanction | 1000 CAD | Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB) |
| Arbuckle v. Tanner, 2026 NSCA 62 | N.S. C.A. | Canada | — | 2026-08-12 | Unidentified | Adverse Costs Order | 20000 CAD | 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.