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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: 1,897
Courts covered: 393
Cases with a reported penalty: 348
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.

1,897 cases match these filters · page 9 of 38

Case	Court	Jurisdiction	Judge	Decided	AI tool	Outcome	Penalty	Source
Family law Case 2024/FA/315	CA Ghent (11th)	Belgium	—	2025-09-18	Implied	Disregarded all fictitious/unfindable sources, admonished counsel	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Hugo v Affinity Education Group Pty Ltd	Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia	Australia	—	2025-09-18	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
OTG New York, Inc. v. Ottogi America, Inc.	D. New Jersey	USA	—	2025-09-18	Unidentified	Monetary sanction; Plaintiff's Reply withdrawn and stricken; order to self-report to bar(s) and serve client with order	3000 USD	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Pelishek v. City of Sheboygan	E.D. Wisconsin	USA	—	2025-09-18	Westlaw's Quick Check and AI Case Search Tool	Monetary Sanction	4500 USD	Court order (CourtListener)
Peugeot Citroen Argentina et al. v. Sumarismo	CA General Roca	Argentina	—	2025-09-18	Implied	Counsel's Work not Counted for Fees; Referral to the Bar	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Ali v. IT People Corporation	E.D. Michigan	USA	—	2025-09-19	Implied	Monetary Sanction	600 USD	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Cingel v. Ferreri	CA Indiana	USA	—	2025-09-19	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Gibralter v. DMS Flowers	E.D. California	USA	—	2025-09-19	Unidentified	Order to show cause discharged; Admonishment	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Martin v. Redstone Federal Credit Union	N.D. Alabama	USA	—	2025-09-19	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
United States v. Malik	D. Maryland	USA	—	2025-09-19	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
In re Molina	E.D. New York (Bankruptcy)	USA	—	2025-09-22	Implied	Order to sworn accuracy of citations	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Lipe v. Albuquerque Public Schools (1)	D. New Mexico	USA	—	2025-09-22	Implied	Monetary sanction; self-report to state bars	3000 USD	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Sigal v. Croner	Nevada DC	USA	—	2025-09-22	Implied	Court declined to impose sanctions now but cautioned Plaintiff's counsel and warned that future submission of inaccurate or AI-generated authorities will trigger a NRCP 11(c)(3) show-cause hearing and potential sanctions.	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Vision Management Group v. Constant Aviation	N.D. Ohio	USA	—	2025-09-22	Implied	Warning, arguments disregarded	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Messa v. Ministre de la Citoyenneté et de l'Immigration	Federal Court	Canada	—	2025-09-23	Implied	Admonishment	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Nº 5005798-22.2025.8.24.0005/SC	TJ San Catarina	Brazil	—	2025-09-23	Implied	Monetary Fine	1 BRL	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Puerto Rico Soccer League NFP, Corp., et al. v. Federación Puertorriqueña de Futbol, et al.	D. Puerto Rico	USA	—	2025-09-23	Unidentified	Order to pay opposing counsel's fees	24492 USD	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Sentenza del 23.09.2025	Tribunale di Latina	Italy	—	2025-09-23	Unidentified	Monetary Sanction	2000 EUR	Source (leggezero.substack.com)
Stile Carpentry Ltd. v. 2004424 Ontario	CA Ontario	Canada	—	2025-09-23	Implied	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
BFG aka Byline Financial v. Pierce RE Holdings & Brewster	N.D. Illinois	USA	—	2025-09-24	Implied	Warning	None reported	Court order (CourtListener)
Kenisha Black v. Mississippi DRS & Howard	S.D. Mississippi	USA	—	2025-09-24	Unidentified	Court accepted corrected briefs	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Melinda L'Shay Johnson v. MINI of Las Vegas	D. Nevada	USA	—	2025-09-24	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Salem v. Deputy Head	Federal PSLREB	Canada	—	2025-09-24	Implied	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
T.M. v. M.M.	CA Indiana	USA	—	2025-09-24	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Alexander Shaporov v. PIPPD P.O. Matthew Levine, et al.	D. New Jersey	USA	—	2025-09-25	Implied	Show Cause Order	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Beschluss 2-13 S 56/24	LG Frankfurt a. M.	Germany	—	2025-09-25	Unidentified	—	None reported	Source (rv.hessenrecht.hessen.de)
Eric Andrew Perez v. Dr. Neil C. Evans, et al.	S.D. New York	USA	—	2025-09-25	ChatGPT	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Evans, et al. v. Robertson et al. (2)	E.D. Michigan	USA	—	2025-09-25	Implied	Warning to both parties	None reported	Source (reason.com)
Greenopolis Welfare Association (GWA) v. Narender Singh et al.	Dehli High Court	India	—	2025-09-25	Unidentified	Petition withdrawn	None reported	Source (indiankanoon.org)
LG Frankfurt, 13. Zivilkammer, 2-13 S 56/24	LG Frankfurt (13. Zivilkammer)	Germany	—	2025-09-25	Implied	Court found the cited BGH decisions to be complete fabrications, admonished counsel for relying on or presenting invented authorities; no professional sanction was imposed in this decision.	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Oready, LLC (2)	GAO	USA	—	2025-09-25	Implied	Protests dismissed for abuse	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Jade Riley Burch v. HCA Healthcare	D. Nevada	USA	—	2025-09-26	Unidentified	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Loftong v. Grove Farms	CC Minnesota	USA	—	2025-09-26	FastCase	Adverse Costs Order; 6 hours CLE; Bar Referral	7472 USD	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Nº 0006113-73.2025.8.16.0033	TJ Parana	Brazil	—	2025-09-26	Unidentified	Bar Referral (upheld on appeal)	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Pennantia v. Rose Cay Maritime	S.D. New York	USA	—	2025-09-26	Implied	No sanctions	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Reddy v Saroya	CA Alberta	Canada	—	2025-09-26	Implied	Adverse Costs Order	17550 CAD	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Ilan Harush v. Roee Alfasi	Magistrate's Court, Rehovot	Israel	—	2025-09-28	Unidentified	Disallowed Costs Order	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
ANPV & SAPV v Secretary of State for the Home Department	Upper Tribunal	UK	—	2025-09-29	Microsoft Copilot	Show Cause Order	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Munoz v. Lopez	CA California	USA	—	2025-09-29	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
nº 5012855-37.2024.8.09.0137	TJ Goiás	Brazil	—	2025-09-29	Implied	Bar Referral	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Sonkin v. Roll Profile Ltd	Haifa Labour Court	Israel	—	2025-09-29	Implied	Monetary Fine	2000 ILS	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Tajudin bin Gulam Rasul and another v Suriaya bte Haja Mohideen	High Court	Singapore	—	2025-09-29	Unidentified	Costs and order to inform client	800 SGD	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
In re the Marriage of D.X. and S.P.	CA California	USA	—	2025-09-30	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
In re: Todd Elliott Koger	W.D. Pennsylvania (Bankruptcy)	USA	—	2025-09-30	Implied	One-year filing bar.	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Kertesz v. Colony Tire Corp et al.	D. New Jersey	USA	—	2025-09-30	Unidentified	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Khoury et al v. Intermountain Health Care Inc. et al	D. Utah	USA	—	2025-09-30	ChatGPT	Case dismissed	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Ader v Ader	SC New York	USA	—	2025-10-01	Unidentified	Costs Order; Referral to Bar Authorities	1	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Fernando Oliveira v Ryanair DAC	Workplace Relations Commission	Ireland	—	2025-10-01	Unidentified	Conduct described as abuse of process	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Gavin B. Davis v. Chief Officer Gina Faubion, et al.	W.D. Texas	USA	—	2025-10-01	Unidentified	Action dismissed with prejudice	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Hogan v. Treasury Board	Federal PSLREB	Canada	—	2025-10-01	Implied	—	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.