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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 2 of 38

Case	Court	Jurisdiction	Judge	Decided	AI tool	Outcome	Penalty	Source
In re Marriage of Katelyn Jill Tate	CA Illinois (5d)	USA	—	2026-08-11	Unidentified	Admonishment	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Meni-Silga v. State Farm	Los Angeles County Superior Court	USA	—	2026-08-11	Irys	Outside counsel admitted the errors and apologized to the court; no professional sanctions or monetary penalties reported.	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Nicholas Evan Nesbitt v. Trans Union, LLC, et al.	W.D. Arkansas	USA	—	2026-08-11	Unidentified	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Anish Sam Mathew v. Parv Verma	E.D. Michigan	USA	—	2026-08-10	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Stephen J. Palumbo and Lori A. Palumbo v. Gregory M. Palumbo	Delaware Ch.	USA	—	2026-08-10	Implied	Adverse Costs Order	1 USD	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
WRI Summit REIT LP v. Kuerschner	CA Arizona (1d)	USA	—	2026-08-10	Implied	Adverse Costs Order	1 USD	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Brown v. Real Estate Capital of America et al.	SC New York	USA	—	2026-08-07	Implied	No sanctions	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Hack v. Preston et al	D. Utah	USA	—	2026-08-07	ChatGPT	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
In the matter of Machinsky	Massachusetts Land Court	USA	—	2026-08-07	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
United States of America v. Smith	N.D. Illinois	USA	—	2026-08-07	Implied	Order to Show Cause	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Wayne K. Smith, Sr. v. Polk County, et al.	W.D. North Carolina	USA	—	2026-08-07	Unidentified	No Sanction	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Burgess v. Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority	N.D. Ohio	USA	—	2026-08-06	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Girija Kadlaskar v. United States Citizenship and Immigration Services	D. Nebraska	USA	—	2026-08-06	Implied	Warning	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)
In re BFI Waste Sys. of Tenn.	M.D. Tennessee	USA	—	2026-08-06	Unidentified	Public reprimand; Monetary sanction	1500 USD	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Mohamed Ali v. Saeed Osman	North Dakota SC	USA	—	2026-08-06	Implied	Monetary SAnction	1000 USD	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Jennifer Lynn Cain v. Hyatt Corporation	W.D. Texas	USA	—	2026-08-05	Implied	Order to Show Cause	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Mary-Rose F. Calenzo v. Waste Management, Inc.	N.D. New York	USA	—	2026-08-05	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
San Antonio Independent School District v. Laura Becerra (as Next Friend of J.C.)	CA Texas	USA	—	2026-08-05	Implied	Admonishment	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Ulish Kerry Terrace Booker, III v. U.S. Bank National Association	D. Connecticut	USA	—	2026-08-05	Gemini Pro; Perplexity; Cetient Legal AI; ChatGPT	Admonishment and warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Barteca Holdings v. Tacobarn	D. Connecticut	USA	—	2026-08-04	Open Law; Claude; ChatGPT	Monetary Sanction; Bar Referral	3500 USD	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Cristancho et al. v. SWBC Mortgage Corporation et al.	S.D. Tex. (Galveston Div.)	USA	—	2026-08-04	Implied	Court identified and rejected fabricated citations (Pointe West and Tractebel), admonished counsel and reminded them of Rule 11 obligations; no professional sanction or monetary penalty imposed.	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Kleyman Law Group, P.C. v. Kaloidis	SC New York	USA	—	2026-08-04	Claude and other generative AI platforms	Monetary Sanction; Bar Referral	46511 USD	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Whitehead v. Moore	CA Missouri	USA	—	2026-08-04	Implied	Appeal Dismissed (partly based on AI misuse)	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Ali Jabbari v. Parviz Omidvar, et al.	C.D. California	USA	—	2026-08-03	Implied	Order to Show Cause	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Bisher v. Civic, et al.	SC Pennsylvania	USA	—	2026-08-03	Implied	Admonishment	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Damon Forney v. Township of Cary, North Carolina	E.D. North Carolina	USA	—	2026-08-03	Implied	Adverse Costs Order; Bar Referral	1 USD	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Moore v. Aldridge Pite LLP	W.D. Texas	USA	—	2026-08-03	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Perry v. Social Security Administration, Commissioner	N.D. Alabama	USA	—	2026-08-03	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
State v. Davis	CA Ohio	USA	—	2026-08-03	Unidentified	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Fernando Justino Santana v. Shook Hardy & Bacon, et al.	S.D. New York	USA	—	2026-07-31	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
FJL v TGO	Gauteng Division, Johannesburg	South Africa	—	2026-07-31	Implied	Bar Referral	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
In re: Mahar	E.D. Virginia (Bankruptcy)	USA	—	2026-07-31	Implied	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Kevin Dale Higgins v. The State of Texas	CA Texas	USA	—	2026-07-31	Unidentified	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Mendel S. v. Faigy S.	Family Court New York	USA	—	2026-07-31	Unidentified	Monetary Sanction	1000 USD	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Natashah Al-Ali v. CVS Pharmacy, Inc.	E.D. Michigan	USA	—	2026-07-31	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
The JAAW Group, LLC	GAO	USA	—	2026-07-31	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
TOV Realty, LLC v. Suarez; Kosel Equity, LLC v. MacGregor	SC Connecticut	USA	—	2026-07-31	ChatGPT	6 hours CLE; Monetary Fine	1000 USD	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
United States of America v. Eric Karnezis et al.	D. Oregon	USA	—	2026-07-31	Implied	Admonishment	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Carey v. Breakell et al.	D. Utah	USA	—	2026-07-30	Implied	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Cole v. Lee	CA Illinois	USA	—	2026-07-30	Implied	Brief struck	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
First Community Credit Union v. Ashley Smith	CA Wisconsin	USA	—	2026-07-30	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Harris v. Bank of America	N.D. Mississippi	USA	—	2026-07-30	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
In the Interest of Q.C. and P.C., Children	CA Texas	USA	—	2026-07-30	Implied	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
In the Interest of S.M.T. and S.J.T., Children	CA Texas	USA	—	2026-07-30	Implied	3 hours CLE	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Nirav Modi v. Richard Levin, Trustee for the Liquidating Trust of Firestar Diamond, Inc.	S.D. New York	USA	—	2026-07-30	Unidentified	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Danielle Maloit v. Frank Daniel Maloit	D. Colorado	USA	—	2026-07-29	Implied	Order to Show Cause	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Harding Place Multifamily Partners v. Samuel Robinson	CA Tennessee	USA	—	2026-07-29	Implied	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Shantell Robinson v. Oglala Sioux Tribe et al.	CA 10th Cir.	USA	—	2026-07-29	Implied	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Terence A. Gragston v. Amazon LLC	S.D. Ohio	USA	—	2026-07-29	Implied	Court issued a formal warning that future reliance on AI‑hallucinated caselaw will result in sanctions, including monetary penalties and possible dismissal with prejudice; no sanction was imposed at this time.	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.