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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 15 of 38

Case	Court	Jurisdiction	Judge	Decided	AI tool	Outcome	Penalty	Source
RvVb-A-2526-0597	RvVb	Belgium	—	2026-03-19	ChatGPT	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Salah v. Peel Condominium Corporation	ONCAT	Canada	—	2026-03-19	Implied	Warning	None reported	No source on file
Davos Francois v. Vive Financial	CA Florida (4th)	USA	—	2026-03-18	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Doiban v. Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission	CA Oregon	USA	—	2026-03-18	Unidentified	Monetary Sanction	10000 USD	Source (reason.com)
Edmonds v Barrington Winstanley Group	SC New South Wales	Australia	—	2026-03-18	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Forest Ridge Townhomes Corporation of Greensboro v. Heag Pain Management Center et al.	North Carolina Court of Appeals	USA	—	2026-03-18	Perplexity.AI	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
GSA v. Department of Communities	THE COURT OF APPEAL (WA)	Australia	—	2026-03-18	Unidentified	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Riddle Aggregates v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue	Tax Court	USA	—	2026-03-18	Grammarly, ChatGPT, and Gemini	Report withdrawn	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Gregory Richmond and Lynne Richmond v. City of Newport, Washington	CA Washington (d3)	USA	—	2026-03-17	Implied	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Michael Wayne Singletary v. SWBC Mortgage Corporation et al.	CA Fifth Circuit	USA	—	2026-03-17	Implied	Affirmed	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Pablo Alexandre Martins dos Santos v. Viver Bem Empreendimentos Imobiliários e Participações Ltda.	TJ Goias	Brazil	—	2026-03-17	Implied	Monetary Fine	1 BRL	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
PL v Minister of Employment and Social Development	SST (Appeal Div)	Canada	—	2026-03-17	Implied	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Sarah & Regina Alonso v. Jackson	W.D. Washington	USA	—	2026-03-17	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Zesiger v. Kansas et al.	D. Kansas	USA	—	2026-03-17	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
David Jeffs v London Borough of Lewisham	First-tier Tribunal	UK	—	2026-03-16	Unidentified	Cost-related relief refused in part because of AI misuse	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Domingo Beato-Estrella v. M. Arviza	M.D. Pennsylvania	USA	—	2026-03-16	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Esterra Commons Venture, LLC dba Verde Esterra Park v. Justin Norton	CA Washington (d1)	USA	—	2026-03-16	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Juerg von Geitz v. Kieran Kelly & Ors	CA Ireland	Ireland	—	2026-03-16	Implied	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Meriland Keith Dillard v. CBS Studios, Inc.	C.D. California	USA	—	2026-03-16	Implied	Factor in dismissing with prejudice	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Re Reza Khoshnik	Ontario SCJ (Bankruptcy)	Canada	—	2026-03-16	Unidentified	Adverse Costs Order	1 CAD	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Shaquan Pridgen v. Amazon.com Services LLC	D. New Jersey	USA	—	2026-03-16	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
A.C. Appellant v. H.D. AND J.C.	SC Pennsylvania	USA	—	2026-03-13	Implied	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Albert Taylor v. Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, et al.	D. Nevada	USA	—	2026-03-13	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
DSME Construction Co., Ltd.	ASBCA	USA	—	2026-03-13	Implied	Brief struck	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
John A. Griffiths	Arizona State Bar	USA	—	2026-03-13	Eve.legal	Reprimand and order to pay State Bar costs and expenses of $1,200.	1200 USD	No source on file
Whiting v. City of Athens, Tenn.	6th Cir. CA	USA	—	2026-03-13	Implied	Adverse Costs Order; Monetary Sanction; Potential disciplinary proceedings	30000 USD	Source (reason.com)
Donaghy v. Zoning Bd. of Review of the Town of North Kingstown	SC Rhode Island	USA	—	2026-03-12	Implied	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Hartmann v. Davidson	N.D. Texas	USA	—	2026-03-12	Unidentified	Dismissed	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
In re Scott Mitchell Obeginski	CA Texas (9th)	USA	—	2026-03-12	Implied	Order to attach copies of cited authorities affirmed	None reported	Source (reason.com)
Law Society of Alberta v. Tiwana	Law Society of Alberta Appeal Panel	Canada	—	2026-03-12	Unidentified	AI misuse as aggravating factor for awarding costs	1 CAD	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Suiter v. GM - General Motors, LLC	W.D. Virginia	USA	—	2026-03-12	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Bolden v. Baltimore Gas & Electric Co (In re: Eric Chibueze Nwaubani)	CA Fourth Circuit	USA	—	2026-03-11	Implied	Public admonishment	None reported	Source (reason.com)
Checks Aciek Ateny Nai v. National Asset Mortgage, LLC, et al.	W.D. Michigan	USA	—	2026-03-11	Implied	Order to Show Cause satisfied; court declined to impose Rule 11 sanctions.	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Dillon v. Myles Stephenson, et al.	W.D. Oklahoma	USA	—	2026-03-11	Implied	Admonishment	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Donte McClellon v. E. Rickard, Warden of FCI Otisville, et al.	S.D. New York	USA	—	2026-03-11	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Kamal v Tax Policy Associates	High Court	UK	—	2026-03-11	Implied	Partial strike-out, summary judgment for the defendants	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Kateryna Maslovska v. Ekaterina Shigabetdinova	AC Illinois	USA	—	2026-03-11	Implied	Warning (both parties)	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Krivaia v. Hungerford	SC British Columbia	Canada	—	2026-03-11	Implied	No strike for abuse of process	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Samantha Roussell v. The Bank of New York Mellon	CA Florida	USA	—	2026-03-11	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Traver v. General Motors Financial Company Inc., et al.	D. Massachusetts	USA	—	2026-03-11	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
A.K. v. M.R.	CA Indiana	USA	—	2026-03-10	Implied	Admonishment	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Arno Kuigoua v. Adam Michael Sacks	CA California (2nd)	USA	—	2026-03-10	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Brown v. State of Mississippi	CA Mississippi	USA	—	2026-03-10	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Cartagena v. Dixon, Blackburn, and T.A. Blackburn Law (1)	S.D. New York	USA	—	2026-03-10	Protégé (LexisNexis)	Bar Referral	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Helen Allen v. Cass Casper and Disparti Law Group	N.D. Illinois	USA	—	2026-03-10	Implied	Monetary Sanction	1500 USD	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
In re A.R. and N.R., Minors	AC Illinois	USA	—	2026-03-10	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Kapahi Real Estate Inc. v. Elite Real Estate Club of Toronto Inc.	Ontario SCJ	Canada	—	2026-03-10	Implied	Bar Referral	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Michael Platt v. Volunteers of America Ohio & Indiana	S.D. Indiana	USA	—	2026-03-10	Implied	Brief Struck, Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Nº 1500026-62.2023.8.26.0633/50000	TJ San Paulo	Brazil	—	2026-03-10	Implied	Formal Reprimand; Monetary Fine	1 BRL	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Nicole Levey-Wilson v The Trustee for Attivita Group Unit Trust	Fair Work Commission	Australia	—	2026-03-10	Implied	Application dismissed.	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.