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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 2 of 29

Case	Court	Jurisdiction	Judge	Decided	AI tool	Outcome	Penalty	Source
Garner v. Transit Employees Federal Credit Union	D. D.C.	USA	—	2026-09-22	Implied	Order to Show Cause	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
In re Marriage of Maslii v. Ivanova	CA Illinois (1d)	USA	—	2026-09-22	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Kimberly Dean v. Commissioner of Social Security Administration	D. Arizona	USA	—	2026-09-22	Implied	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Posey v. Bushnell	SC Idaho	USA	—	2026-09-22	Implied	Appeal affirmed	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Zhejiang Dingli Machinery Co., Ltd. v. United States	Court of International Trade	USA	—	2026-09-22	Implied	Order to show cause	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Moffett v. Ally Capital Corporation	D. Arizona	USA	—	2026-09-21	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Englert v. Gateway Crossing Property Owners Association, Inc.	CA Indiana	USA	—	2026-09-18	Implied	Adverse Costs Order Affirmed	23222	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
In re Estate of Ruth M. Gerdes	CA Illinois (2d)	USA	—	2026-09-18	Implied	Order to Show Cause	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
In re John Daniel Deane	D. Maine (Bankruptcy)	USA	—	2026-09-18	Implied	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Whitfield v. Prime Agency	E.D. Pennsylvania	USA	—	2026-09-18	Implied	Order to Show Cause	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Woodard v. Texas Family Care Network et al.	E.D. Texas	USA	—	2026-09-18	Implied	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Cabrera Thompson v. Seattle Public Schools	W.D. Washington	USA	—	2026-09-17	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Risner v. Starke County	N.D. Indiana	USA	—	2026-09-17	Implied	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Varela v. Hauser	CA Arizona (1d)	USA	—	2026-09-17	Implied	Action forfeited	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
In re Violet G.	CA California (2d)	USA	—	2026-09-16	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Lisandrillo v. Palozzi	Fla. 4th DCA	USA	—	2026-09-16	Unidentified	Petition denied; counsel ordered to show cause, without using AI, why sanctions including possible Florida Bar referral should not be imposed.	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Beard v. Frasier et al.	E.D. Missouri	USA	—	2026-09-15	Implied	Case dismissed with prejudice	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Bell v. City of Clairton et al.	W.D. Pennsylvania	USA	—	2026-09-15	Lexis AI	Four hours of CLE and CM/ECF filing training	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Moore v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue	Tax Court	USA	—	2026-09-15	Implied	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Henry v. Long Island University	E.D. New York	USA	—	2026-09-14	Implied	Two-year filing-disclosure sanction	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Matter of H2L Solutions, Inc.	GAO	USA	—	2026-09-14	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Moszkowski v. DeepGulf, Inc. and Toke Oil and Gas, S.A.	Florida (1d)	USA	—	2026-09-14	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Tiekert v. Village of Mamaroneck, et al.	S.D.N.Y.	USA	—	2026-09-14	ChatGPT	Attorney Brian M. Higbie was found to have violated Rule 11 and sanctioned $500, required to complete two New York CLE credits on AI ethics, disclose future GenAI use in filings, and serve the order on his client.	1	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Virgil v. Experian Information Solutions, et al.	S.D. Indiana	USA	—	2026-09-11	Implied	Monetary Sanction	10000 USD	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Roman v. TD Bank, N.A.	S.D. Texas	USA	—	2026-09-10	Implied	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Ulysse v. Vineland Investment Partners Phase II, LLC	CA Florida (6d)	USA	—	2026-09-10	Implied	Order to Show Cause	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Beus Gilbert PLLC v. Brigham Young University et al.	D. Utah	USA	—	2026-09-09	ClearBrief, Claude, ChatGPT, and Gemini	Two AI-ethics CLE courses; Monetary Sanctions	3000 USD	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Fay v. Warren Hospitality Suites, Inc.	E.D. Michigan	USA	—	2026-09-09	Unidentified	Monetary Sanction	10000 USD	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Jaber v. Title Premier, LLC et al.	E.D. Missouri	USA	—	2026-09-09	Implied	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
King v. AT&T Corp. et al.	W.D. Washington	USA	—	2026-09-09	Implied	Order to Show Cause	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Parvaz v. KNJ Realty, Inc.	SC New York	USA	—	2026-09-09	Unidentified	Admonishment	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Pennmark Coventry Holdings, LLC v. Kohl’s Department Stores, Inc.	E.D. Pennsylvania	USA	—	2026-09-09	Implied	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Youssian v Village of Kings Point	SC New York	USA	—	2026-09-09	Spellbook AI	Petition and amended petition stricken; Monetary Sanction; Adverse Costs Order	15000 USD	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Asiedu v. Eastlund	CA Minnesota	USA	—	2026-09-08	Unidentified	Monetary Sanction	2341 USD	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Carter v. City of Buffalo	W.D. New York	USA	—	2026-09-08	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Ferm v. Cameron	D. Utah	USA	—	2026-09-08	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
G.P. v. Jose Hernandez Arevalo	W.D. Washington	USA	—	2026-09-08	Implied	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Philippeaux v. United States, et al.	S.D. New York	USA	—	2026-09-08	Implied	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
State ex rel. Steven Schnell v. Honorable Rebecca Richardson	CA Missouri	USA	—	2026-09-08	Unidentified	Monetary Sanction	1750 USD	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Vallee v. Libby	SC Maine	USA	—	2026-09-08	Unidentified	Order to certify future citations	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Douglas v. Deutsche Bank National Trust Company	D.C. Court of Appeals	USA	—	2026-09-03	Google AI	Brief Stricken; Bar Referral	None reported	Source (reason.com)
Falkenstein v. Niles	C.D. California	USA	—	2026-09-03	Unidentified	Order to Show Cause	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Santos v. Hoboken Public School District, et al.	D. New Jersey	USA	—	2026-09-03	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Morgan Cole v. Hobby Town Unlimited, Inc.	C.D. Illinois	USA	—	2026-09-02	Implied	Monetary Sanction; Bar Referral	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Sea Swivel Inc. v. Shuttleslide LLC, et al.	S.D. Florida	USA	—	2026-09-02	CoCounsel	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Willie C. Fortune v. CTA Certified Transmission	Missouri CA	USA	—	2026-09-01	Implied	Appeal dismissed for pervasive briefing deficiencies, fictitious cases, and inaccurate legal citations.	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Woodley v. Gottschall	SC Pennsylvania	USA	—	2026-09-01	Implied	The court identified the citations as nonexistent; the related claims were waived, and the judgment of sentence was affirmed.	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services ex rel. Shona L. Williams v. Samuel R. Lee, II	CA Illinois	USA	—	2026-08-31	Implied	Dissent would have stricken the brief and dismissed the appeal	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
State of Hawaii v. Cody Presti	Intermediate Court of Appeals of Hawaii	USA	—	2026-08-31	Implied	Arguments supported by nonexistent authority were deemed waived; court declined to impose sanctions in this criminal direct appeal though noted sanctions were available under appellate rules.	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Charlie Reyes v. Bryce Bailey, et al.	D. New Mexico	USA	—	2026-08-28	Implied	No Sanctions	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.