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AI Legal Sanction Case Database
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.
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| Case | Court | Jurisdiction | Judge | Decided | AI tool | Outcome | Penalty | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rowe v National Australia Bank Ltd | South Australia | Australia | — | 2025-04-17 | Implied | — | None reported | Source (anzlaw.thomsonreuters.com) |
| Bangholme Investments Pty Ltd v Greater Dandenong CC | Victorian CAT | Australia | — | 2025-04-03 | Unidentified | — | None reported | Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB) |
| LYJ v. Occupational Therapy Board of Australia | Queensland | Australia | — | 2025-03-26 | ChatGPT | No sanction; Fabrication noted; Warning issued regarding AI use | None reported | Source (naturalandartificiallaw.com) |
| Goodchild v State of Queensland | Queensland IRC | Australia | — | 2025-02-13 | "Internet searches" | Relevant submissions ignored | None reported | Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB) |
| Luck v Commonwealth of Australia | Federal Court | Australia | — | 2025-02-11 | — | The court dismissed the applicant's interlocutory application for disqualification and referral to a Full Court. | None reported | Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB) |
| QWYN and Commissioner of Taxation | Administrative Review Tribunal of Australia | Australia | — | 2025-02-05 | Copilot | The Tribunal affirmed the decision under review, rejecting the applicant's submissions based on the AI-generated content. | None reported | Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB) |
| Valu v. Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs | Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 2) | Australia | — | 2025-01-31 | ChatGPT | Referral to Legal Services Commissioner | None reported | Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB) |
| Hanna v Flinders University | South Australia | Australia | — | 2025-01-29 | Implied | — | None reported | Source (anzlaw.thomsonreuters.com) |
| Body by Michael Pty Ltd and Industry Innovation and Science Australia | Administrative Review Tribunal | Australia | — | 2025-01-24 | ChatGPT | Fake references withdrawn before the hearing | None reported | Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB) |
| Candice Dias v Angle Auto Finance | Fair Work Commission | Australia | — | 2025-01-20 | Implied | — | None reported | Source (austlii.edu.au) |
| Kaur v RMIT | SC Victoria (CA) | Australia | — | 2024-11-11 | Implied | — | None reported | Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB) |
| In re Dayal | — | Australia | — | 2024-08-19 | LEAP | Referral to the Victorian Legal Services Board and Commissioner for potential disciplinary review; no punitive order issued by the court itself; apology accepted. | None reported | Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB) |
| Lakaev v McConkey | Supreme Court of Tasmania | Australia | — | 2024-07-12 | Implied | Appeal dismissed for want of prosecution | None reported | Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB) |
| Finch v The Heat Group | Family Court | Australia | — | 2024-02-27 | Implied | — | None reported | Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB) |
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.