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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 3 of 29

Case	Court	Jurisdiction	Judge	Decided	AI tool	Outcome	Penalty	Source
Erin Booker v. The Kroger Co.	N.D. Georgia	USA	—	2026-08-28	Unidentified	Monetary Sanctions; CLE	8000 USD	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Estate of Bernie Leynell Nelson v Hurley Medical Center	CA Michigan	USA	—	2026-08-28	Implied	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Sanja Noble v. WMC Mortgage Corp. et al.	Ill. App. 1st Dist.	USA	—	2026-08-28	Implied	Appellate court identified the citation as a hallucination, corrected the authority (pointing to People v. Mott), declined to strike the brief, and refused to consider the unsupported assertion; no professional sanction imposed.	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Adams v. Matrix Providers Inc. et al.	D. Colorado	USA	—	2026-08-27	Implied	Admonishment; Monetary Fine	1000 USD	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Ashmeade v. Amazon.com Services LLC	S.D. New York	USA	—	2026-08-27	Unidentified	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Paige Kiser & Ty Kiser v. DeSimone Auto Group et al.	SC Pennsylvania	USA	—	2026-08-27	Implied	Admonishment; Issue deemed waived/underdeveloped for appeal.	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Peter Williams, et al. v. Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport Board, et al.	N.D. Texas	USA	—	2026-08-27	Implied	Admonishment & Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Salloum v. Department of Transportation	CA Colorado	USA	—	2026-08-27	Implied	Admonishment & Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Thomas Raynard James v. Detective Kevin Conley, et al.	S.D. Florida	USA	—	2026-08-27	Unidentified	Bar Referral	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Varma v. The Bank of New York Mellon	Cal. Ct. App., 4th App. Dist., Div. 2	USA	—	2026-08-27	Unidentified	Sanctions imposed: appellants sanctioned to pay Bank of New York's appellate attorney fees (amount to be determined by the trial court); matter remanded to determine fee award; court forwarded opinion to State Bar for possible investigation.	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Darrin L. Johnson, Jr. v. Nationstar Mortgage LLC, et al.	D. Maryland	USA	—	2026-08-26	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Fairrow v. Easten	CA Arizona	USA	—	2026-08-26	Implied	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Krystal Faye Potterf, et al. v. Drew F. Wessels, et al.	E.D. Michigan	USA	—	2026-08-26	Unidentified	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Noella P. Turgeon v. FHLMC	D. New Hampshire	USA	—	2026-08-26	Implied	Brief Struck	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Tyler Shelbert v. Baxter International, Inc.	N.D. Illinois	USA	—	2026-08-26	Implied	Admonishment	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
AndDone, LLC v. Shante Gaines; Reset Financial Group, LLC	W.D. Missouri	USA	—	2026-08-25	Implied	Order to Show Cause	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Benjamin v. State	CA Maryland	USA	—	2026-08-25	Implied	Admonishment	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Kurelko v. Ballard	D. New Jersey	USA	—	2026-08-25	Implied	Admonishment & Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
LPC Commercial Services, LLC v. Ar-Razzaaq Properties, LLC	CA Virginia	USA	—	2026-08-25	Implied	Order to complete CLE	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
In the Matter of an Investigation into Implementing Changes to the Renewable Energy Objectives and the Newly Created Carbon-Free Standard Under Minn. Stat. § 216B.1691	CA Minnesota	USA	—	2026-08-24	—	No sanction imposed	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Jack Ferm v. Agritech Properties, et al.	D. Utah	USA	—	2026-08-24	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Michael L. Ruiz v. Magellan Financial & Insurance Services (2)	D. Arizona	USA	—	2026-08-24	ChatGPT	Formal public reprimand	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Capital Standard, LLC v. U.S. Bank National Association	Fla. 2d DCA	USA	—	2026-08-21	Unidentified	Attorney Keefe fined $1,500; ordered to pay U.S. Bank's appellate fees for researching and answering the amended initial brief (amount remanded to trial court); referred to The Florida Bar; offending briefs struck.	1	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Joseph M. Speranza v. Golden Technologies, Inc.	D. Nevada	USA	—	2026-08-21	Implied	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Nationwide Insurance Company of Florida, et al. v. Oxford Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Center LLC, et al.	E.D. Michigan	USA	—	2026-08-21	Unidentified	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Unspecified murder appeal (Las Cruces area)	New Mexico SC	USA	—	2026-08-21	ChatGPT	Found in contempt; removed from the case; Monetary Sanction; Briefs stricken and appeal to start anew; Bar Referral.	5000 USD	Source (santafenewmexican.com)
Cecile Kasengela v. Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, et al.	C.D. California	USA	—	2026-08-20	Implied	Admonishment & Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Disruptive Resources, LLC v. Ballistic Barrier Products Inc. et al.	D. Delaware	USA	—	2026-08-20	Strongsuit	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Full Standard Properties, LLC v. SJ 6070, LLC	N.D. California	USA	—	2026-08-20	Implied	Adverse Costs (Voluntarily repaid)	14500 USD	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Michael Dotson v. Bob Evans Farms, LLC	C.D. California	USA	—	2026-08-20	Implied	Order to Show Cause	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Perez v. Schaal, et al.	Super. Ct., Sacramento County (Cal.)	USA	—	2026-08-20	Implied	Court warned the pro se plaintiff to verify all citations and quotations, declined to impose sanctions at this time.	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Stephen Lohbeck v. Amazon.com Services, LLC	E.D. California	USA	—	2026-08-20	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
In re the Marriage of Kira Lindsay and Jamie Alexander Dillon	CA California	USA	—	2026-08-19	Unidentified	Costs Denied	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Kelly v. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority	D. Nevada	USA	—	2026-08-19	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Mitchell v. HIG Realty Credit Fund, L.P.	CA Georgia	USA	—	2026-08-19	Unidentified	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Snisko v. Cascade Funding Mortgage Trust HB4	N.D. Illinois	USA	—	2026-08-19	Implied	Order to Show Cause	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Wilkinson v. Schmelzer	CA Iowa	USA	—	2026-08-19	Implied	No sanctions	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Zoryana Kaspryak v. Mykhaylo Stadarskyy	SC Pennsylvania	USA	—	2026-08-19	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Gilberto Garcia Perez v. Todd Blanche, et al.	W.D. Texas	USA	—	2026-08-18	Implied	Admonishment; Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Imperial Reliance, LLC v. HZ Properties & Marketing, LLC	N.D. Texas	USA	—	2026-08-18	Westlaw generative AI / premium Westlaw subscription	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
In re Marriage of Rebekah Muriel and Johnathan David Farris	CA Washington	USA	—	2026-08-18	Implied	Adverse Costs Order	1 USD	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Joann LeDoux v. Outliers, Inc. (2)	W.D. Washington	USA	—	2026-08-18	Claude and ChatGPT	Expert Brief excluded/struck	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Kourradi v. Christopher	CA Texas	USA	—	2026-08-18	Implied	Brief Struck; Appeal Dismissed	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Sani v. Institute for Human Reproduction	CA Illinois	USA	—	2026-08-18	Implied	Admonishment	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Davos Francois	GAO (Comptroller General of the United States)	USA	—	2026-08-17	Implied	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Boettcher v. Boettcher	CA Arizona	USA	—	2026-08-14	Implied	False quote struck from record	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Brankle v. Schmell	CA Indiana	USA	—	2026-08-14	ChatGPT	Monetary Sanction (upheld)	1546 USD	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Daryl Harris v. Christopher A. Wray	S.D. Indiana	USA	—	2026-08-14	Unidentified	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Davis v. Gopal, Didyuk, and Methodist Healthcare-Memphis Hospitals	Shelby County Circuit Court, Tenn.	USA	—	2026-08-14	Implied	Plaintiff moved for a Rule 11.03(1)(b) order to show cause; no sanction had yet been imposed.	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Guerra-Quezada v. United States; Guerra-Vasquez v. United States (consolidated)	5th Cir. CA	USA	—	2026-08-14	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)

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