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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 20 of 29

Case	Court	Jurisdiction	Judge	Decided	AI tool	Outcome	Penalty	Source
L.A. Housing Outreach, LLC v. Medoff	CA California	USA	—	2025-12-17	Implied	Reply brief struck; monetary sanction; State Bar referral	5070 USD	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Russel Williams Home Services LLC v. Minleon International (USA) Limited LLC, et al.	M.D. Pennsylvania	USA	—	2025-12-17	Implied	Order to Show Cause	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Angelica E. Cruz et al. v. United States of America	C.D. California	USA	—	2025-12-16	Implied	Order to Show Cause	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Dorsey v. Jones	Delaware Ch.	USA	—	2025-12-16	Implied	Order to certify future filings re: AI	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Holmes Family Trust v. Multnomah County Assessor	Oregon Tax Court	USA	—	2025-12-16	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
In re Ricardo Andres Romeu	CA Texas	USA	—	2025-12-16	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
McMillian v. Zimmer US, Inc	S.D. New York	USA	—	2025-12-16	Unidentified	Adverse Costs Order	9000 USD	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Michael Redwine v. Unum Life Insurance Company of America	W.D. Virginia	USA	—	2025-12-16	Unidentified	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
PRM Group, Inc. v. Paralegal Bootcamp LLC	D. Maryland	USA	—	2025-12-16	Implied	Show Cause Order	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Taylor v. Prince George’s County, Maryland	D. Maryland	USA	—	2025-12-16	Implied	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Braica v. Frankowski (Anthony Braica v. Tom Frankowski)	D. Connecticut	USA	—	2025-12-15	Implied	Briefs struck; warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Christina Garcia v. Atwater Elementary Teachers Association	California PERB	USA	—	2025-12-15	Unidentified	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Harvey v. Torrent Leasing & U.S. Bank	D. Nevada	USA	—	2025-12-15	ChatGPT	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Howell Management Services, LLC v. Vashisht-Rota	CA California	USA	—	2025-12-15	Unidentified	Fine and adverse costs order	64235 USD	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Liza Gardner v. Sean Combs, et al.	D. New Jersey	USA	—	2025-12-15	Unidentified	Monetary fine; Bar Referral; Order to serve order to Client	6000 USD	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Robert W. Williams, Sr. v. Assistant District Attorney John R. Canavan, et al.	M.D. Pennsylvania	USA	—	2025-12-15	Unidentified	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Sayali Kulkarni & Abhijit Kulkarni v. Merit Systems Protection Board	CA Federal Circuit	USA	—	2025-12-15	Implied	Affirmed the Board; granted motions to strike the Kulkarnis' informal reply briefs containing the false citations/quotes	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Johnson / Estate of Fisher v. City of Annapolis	D. Maryland	USA	—	2025-12-13	Implied	(Attorney was dismissed by its client)	None reported	Source (reason.com)
Jordan v. Beskrone (In re Prehired LLC)	D. Delaware (Bankruptcy)	USA	—	2025-12-12	Implied	Second Amended Complaint dismissed	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Troy Allen Berg v. Mandi Marie Wondra	D. Oregon	USA	—	2025-12-12	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
McLain v. Board of County Commissioners of Sedgwick County, Kansas, et al.	D. Kansas	USA	—	2025-12-11	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Preston House v. TH Foods, Inc.	D. Nevada	USA	—	2025-12-11	Implied	Admonishment	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
James Fahey v. Wally’s Las Vegas, LLC, et al.	D. Nevada	USA	—	2025-12-10	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Rivard v. Dept. of Corrections	Vermont SC	USA	—	2025-12-10	Implied	Admonishment	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Russell v. Mells	CA Florida	USA	—	2025-12-10	Unidentified	Bar Referral	None reported	Source (reason.com)
Sean Gottlieb v. Adtalem Global Education	N.D. Illinois	USA	—	2025-12-10	Implied	Order to Show Cause	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Sharky’s Sports Bar, et al. v. Village of Mt. Morris, Illinois, et al.	N.D. Illinois	USA	—	2025-12-10	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
South Side Area School District et. al v. Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission	CC Pennsylvania	USA	—	2025-12-10	Implied	—	None reported	No source on file
Christian Dusablon v. Hugh A. Gibbs and Union Logistics, LLC	S.D. New York	USA	—	2025-12-09	Implied	Warning; Order to Certify validity of future citations	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Scott M. Boger v. City of Harrisonburg, Virginia, et al.	W.D. Virginia	USA	—	2025-12-09	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Brian Jeffrey Hall Jr. v. Halsted Financial Services, LLC	W.D. Virginia	USA	—	2025-12-08	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Jodell Dodge v. FirstService Residential Arizona LLC	D. Arizona	USA	—	2025-12-08	Federally Lawyer	Bar Referral	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Thomas Duncan v. Gridhawk et al.	W.D. Texas	USA	—	2025-12-06	Implied	Plaintiff's objections struck	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Associated Builders and Contractors v. Bucks County Community College	CC Pennsylvania	USA	—	2025-12-05	Unidentified	Brief struck and ignored	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Donnie Yarn and Deshawn Murphy v. Trader Joe's	D. Oregon	USA	—	2025-12-05	Implied	Order to Show Cause	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
In re: Nupeutics Natural, Inc.; Gladstone v. Peatross	S.D. California	USA	—	2025-12-05	Unidentified	Monetary Sanction; CLE; Bar referral	950 USD	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Mullins v. Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit	W.D. Pennsylvania	USA	—	2025-12-05	Implied	Reply struck; Order to disclose AI use	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Shana Jordan, et al. v. Chicago Housing Authority et al.	CC Illinois	USA	—	2025-12-05	ChatGPT	Motion partly struck; Monetary sanctions	59500 USD	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Black Oak Capital BOCA, LLC v. Paul Evans, LLC, et al.	D. Utah	USA	—	2025-12-04	Implied	Order for counsel to read cited authorities and file a certification within 30 days	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Dalton Gage Hill v. Oklahoma County Criminal Justice Authority (1)	W.D. Oklahoma	USA	—	2025-12-04	ChatGPT	Costs Order; Mandatory disclosure of AI use in future filings; CLE obligation	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Dorsey v. Ponce, et al.	N.D. Illinois	USA	—	2025-12-04	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Hilpert v. 16 Judge SPV LLC	SC New York	USA	—	2025-12-04	Implied	Costs Order	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Jacob Barry Allston v. Ron DeSantis, et al.	M.D. Florida	USA	—	2025-12-04	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Eddie Lawrence Quitugua v. Donna P. Quitugua, et al.	D. Guam	USA	—	2025-12-03	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Farrow v. John Does	E.D. New York	USA	—	2025-12-03	Implied	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Jason M. Hatfield, P.A. v. Tony Pirani and Pirani Law PA	W.D. Arkansas	USA	—	2025-12-03	Implied	Brief struck; Monetary Fine; Bar Referral; Requirement to always associate co-counsel in future appearances	1000 USD	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Juan Villalovos-Gutierrez, et al. v. Gerard Van De Pol (1)	E.D. California	USA	—	2025-12-03	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Rashonna Moore v. City of Del City	10th Cir. CA	USA	—	2025-12-03	Implied	District court judgment affirmed; alternatively appeal dismissed as a sanction for misuse of GenAI; Future disclosure of GenAI use and verification of citations ordered, under penalty of perjury.	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Ringo v. Colquhoun Design Studio, LLC	CA Oregon	USA	—	2025-12-03	Implied	Monetary Sanction; Brief struck	2000 USD	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Saregama India Ltd. v. B.A., et al.	S.D. New York	USA	—	2025-12-03	Implied	—	None reported	No source on file

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