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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: 2,109
Courts covered: 398
Cases with a reported penalty: 374
USD-denominated penalties: $1,400,706; across 207 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.

1,429 cases match these filters · page 19 of 29

Case	Court	Jurisdiction	Judge	Decided	AI tool	Outcome	Penalty	Source
Lafayette v. Winters	Vermont SC	USA	—	2026-01-07	Unidentified	Briefs struck	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Ramos v. Ramos	CA Minnesota	USA	—	2026-01-07	Implied	Argument treated as forfeited	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Thu Thuy Nguyen v. PennyMac Loan Services	D. Nevada	USA	—	2026-01-07	Implied	Warning; Possible Monetary Sanction	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
United States v. Juliet Payseur and 20-22 McGregor Avenue, LLC	D. New Jersey	USA	—	2026-01-07	Unidentified	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Hanlon v. Parkersburg City	CC West Virginia	USA	—	2026-01-06	Implied	Request for injunctive relief dismissed	None reported	Source (wtap.com)
Sammie Dwayne McPhaul v. College Hills OPCO	D. Kansas	USA	—	2026-01-06	Implied	Order to Show Cause	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Tamisha Shaw v. Coast Dental of Georgia et al/	SC Georgia	USA	—	2026-01-06	Implied	Monetary Sanction	2632	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Ayatollah Hylton v. Chivone Janee Hylton, et al.	S.D. Florida	USA	—	2026-01-05	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Allen v. Experian Information Solutions	D. Idaho	USA	—	2026-01-04	Implied	Warning	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)
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)
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.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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
Minjie Zheng v. ICANN	C.D. California	USA	—	2025-12-23	Implied	Monetary Sanction	66129 USD	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)
Matter of: KE System Services, Inc.	GAO	USA	—	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)
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)
Patrick Joseph Groulx v CSL Limited	CA Michigan	USA	—	2025-12-19	Implied	Appeal dismissed	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Edward Starski v. Chandler Holderness	CA Colorado	USA	—	2025-12-18	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Gerou v. George, Whitten, and United States	E.D. Wisconsin	USA	—	2025-12-18	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Greenfield One III Gmbh & Co. Kg v. Chaney	Delaware Ch.	USA	—	2025-12-18	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Greenfield One III Gmbh & Co. Kg v. XXX	Delaware Ch.	USA	—	2025-12-18	Implied	Warning	None reported	No source on file
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. v. Christina Buenzli	CA California	USA	—	2025-12-18	Implied	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Robert Lafayette v. Alex Abrami et al	Vermont SC	USA	—	2025-12-18	Implied	Adverse Costs Order; Pre-Filing Injunction	7361 USD	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Wanyu Zhang v. National Public Radio, Inc.	D. DC	USA	—	2025-12-18	Unidentified	Brief struck; Adverse Costs Order	1 USD	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Wireless Investors LLC v. Semtech Incorporated, et al.	D. Arizona	USA	—	2025-12-18	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Burlingame v. Argo Private Client Group, Ltd. et al.	S.D. New York	USA	—	2025-12-17	Implied	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Friend v. Serpa	CA Florida	USA	—	2025-12-17	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Halpern v. Federal Reserve Bank of New York, et al.	N.D. Illinois	USA	—	2025-12-17	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.