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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 6 of 38

Case	Court	Jurisdiction	Judge	Decided	AI tool	Outcome	Penalty	Source
Jonathan David Deak v. Mike Schuitema, et al.	W.D. Michigan	USA	—	2026-06-18	Implied	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Preston House v. TH Foods, Inc.	D. Nevada	USA	—	2026-06-18	Implied	Briefs struck; Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Progressive Northern Insurance Company v. Tony Pete Flores, et al.	D. Nevada	USA	—	2026-06-18	Unidentified	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Joyce Barber v. Lawrence J. Morawa, MD	CA Michigan	USA	—	2026-06-17	Unidentified	Case remanded to consider sanctions; Bar Referral	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Campbell v Reset Society of Calgary	HRT Alberta	Canada	—	2026-06-16	Implied	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Hayes v. Miller	CA Missouri	USA	—	2026-06-16	Implied	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Holstein v. Holstein	CA Indiana	USA	—	2026-06-16	Implied	Admonishment	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Jacob Doe v. The University of North Carolina System, et al.	W.D. North Carolina	USA	—	2026-06-16	Unidentified	No sanction (but strong disappointment)	None reported	Source (reason.com)
K.W. v. Ringwood Board of Education	D. New Jersey	USA	—	2026-06-16	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Ngaruiya v. Gill	CA Arizona (1d)	USA	—	2026-06-16	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Olutosin Ajakaiye v. Omowunmi H. Oladipupo	CA Maryland	USA	—	2026-06-16	Implied	Bar Referral	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
OS-DB-JV-2, LLC	GAO	USA	—	2026-06-16	Unidentified	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Polanco v. Brooklyn Rose LLC	SC New York	USA	—	2026-06-16	Implied	Sanctions Hearing	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Amazon.com Inc. et al. v. Kathy Q. Hao et al.	W.D. Washington	USA	—	2026-06-15	Unidentified	Brief Struck; Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Andria Borsody v. Frontier Heritage Communities	10th Cir. CA	USA	—	2026-06-15	Implied	Admonishment	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Chapter Kris Jackson v. Santander Consumer USA Inc., et al.	10th Cir. CA	USA	—	2026-06-15	Unidentified	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
David R. Pete v. Greg Abbott, et al.	E.D. Texas	USA	—	2026-06-15	Cetient	Monetary Sanctions	200 USD	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Matthew Merz v. Harlyn Jenkins, Jillane Baros, Melinda Finn‑Kamerath	CA Washington	USA	—	2026-06-15	Implied	Sanctions affirmed	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Saini v. Army, Navy & Air Force Veterans in Canada Owls 306	Ontario HRT	Canada	—	2026-06-15	Unidentified	Admonishment	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
CIBC Mortgages Inc v Reina Flores	Manitoba C.A.	Canada	—	2026-06-12	Implied	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Jason Wimberly v. Verizon New York Inc.	S.D. New York	USA	—	2026-06-12	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Mazaheri v Law Society of Ontario	Law Society Tribunal (ON)	Canada	—	2026-06-12	Grok	Adverse Costs Order	31150 CAD	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Nº 0004948-60.2026.8.16.0031	TJ Parana	Brazil	—	2026-06-12	Implied	Monetary Fine; Bar Referral	1 BRL	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Otar Bennett v Trillium Health Partners	Ontario LRB	Canada	—	2026-06-12	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Shaddai Harris v. Nadia Lyotard and Mitchell Sadler	CA Texas	USA	—	2026-06-12	Implied	Order to amend brief	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Vargas v. MTA Bus Co.	N.Y. Sup. (New York County)	USA	—	2026-06-12	Implied	Court acknowledged the opposition contained citations to non-existent cases, found the legal propositions cited were nonetheless true, declined to attribute those non-existent citations to appellate counsel for Paez Rodriguez, and imposed no sanction.	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Conrado Poblete v Ontario Public Service Employees Union	ON LRB	Canada	—	2026-06-11	Implied	Bar from filing without leave	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
In re Carlos Eduardo Rodríguez Paniagua	Consejo Superior Notarial	Costa Rica	—	2026-06-11	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
McCormick v. Texakoma Financial	E.D. Texas	USA	—	2026-06-11	Unidentified	Public Reprimand; Monetary Sanction; Firmwide citation review; CLE	6000 USD	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Myriane Béland v. Procureur général du Canada	Federal Court	Canada	—	2026-06-11	Unidentified	Monetary Sanction	500 USD	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Quinteros v. Harbor Distributing, LLC	CA California (1d)	USA	—	2026-06-11	Implied	Monetary Sanction; Bar referral	6000 USD	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Sent. n. 1027/2026	Corte Suprema di Cassazione	Italy	—	2026-06-11	Implied	Monetary Sanction; Adverse Costs Order	5000 EUR	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Suki v. State of Israel	CD Lod	Israel	—	2026-06-11	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Villanueva v. Bowers	CA Arizona (1d)	USA	—	2026-06-11	Unidentified	Adverse Costs Order	1 USD	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
WCAT Decision A2501416	British Columbia WCAT	Canada	—	2026-06-11	Google AI	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Henry County Schools et al. v. Grant et al.	CA Georgia	USA	—	2026-06-10	Implied	Trial court's order vacated	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Ifeoma Delliane Chinedu Obi v. Cook County, Illinois, et al. (2)	N.D. Illinois	USA	—	2026-06-10	Implied	Monetary Sanction; Struck Filing	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
In re Garcia-Martz	N.D. Indiana (Bankruptcy)	USA	—	2026-06-10	Implied	Order to Show Cause	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Li v Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia [2026] FCA 733	Federal Court	Australia	—	2026-06-10	Implied	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
State of Iowa ex rel J.G. v. Mynesia A. Anderson	CA Iowa	USA	—	2026-06-10	Implied	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Apelação Criminal nº 0000711-64.2024.8.16.0156 — Franciely da Silva Luz	TJPR, 1ª Câmara Criminal	Brazil	—	2026-06-09	Unidentified	Court admonished the defense lawyer for using AI-created jurisprudence and determined to send copies of the decision and case to the Ordem dos Advogados do Brasil (OAB) for possible action; warned that use of AI-created jurisprudence may lead to non-consideration of the resource.	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Casey A. Gaddy v. Wood Brothers Bar, Inc., et al.	E.D. Pennsylvania	USA	—	2026-06-09	Unidentified	Admonishment	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Franciely da Silva Luz	TJ Parana	Brazil	—	2026-06-09	Unidentified	Bar Referral	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Leafwell, Inc. v. The Doc App, Inc. (2)	M.D. Florida	USA	—	2026-06-09	Implied	Decline to add new sanctions	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
LiveVideo.AI Corp. v. Redstone	S.D. New York	USA	—	2026-06-09	Implied	Adverse Costs Order; Bar Referral	80056 USD	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Perry v. Merrick Bank Corporation	D. Arizona	USA	—	2026-06-09	Implied	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Tlingit Haida Tribal Business Corporation v. OnePromom	D. Colorado	USA	—	2026-06-09	Eve Legal	Order to show cause	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Allison v. Shutterfly LifeTouch LLC	N.D. Illinois	USA	—	2026-06-08	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Bailey v. Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc.	W.D. Tennessee	USA	—	2026-06-08	Unidentified	Order to correct motion	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Erica Whitesock v. Bird Global, Inc., and The City of Austin	Texas	USA	—	2026-06-08	Unidentified	Monetary Sanction; Notice to Client	10000 USD	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.