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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
- 1,902
- Courts covered
- 396
- Cases with a reported penalty
- 349
- 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.
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| Case | Court | Jurisdiction | Judge | Decided | AI tool | Outcome | Penalty | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senat für Familiensachen, 17 WF 144/25 | KG Berlin | Germany | — | 2025-11-20 | Implied | — | None reported | Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB) |
| Beschluss 4 L 3030/25 | Köln | Germany | — | 2025-11-14 | Implied | — | None reported | Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB) |
| VG Köln, Beschluss vom 14.11.2025 - 4 L 3030/25 | VG Köln | Germany | — | 2025-11-14 | Implied | Eilantrag abgelehnt; Gericht stellte fehlerhafte Zitate fest und wies vorsorglich auf möglichen ungeprüften Einsatz eines KI-Werkzeugs hin, sah jedoch keine Sanktion vor. | None reported | Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB) |
| Case 19 O 527/16 | LG Darmstadt | Germany | — | 2025-11-10 | Implied | Expert fees reduced to naught | None reported | Source (rv.hessenrecht.hessen.de) |
| Beschluss 2-13 S 56/24 | LG Frankfurt a. M. | Germany | — | 2025-09-25 | Unidentified | — | None reported | Source (rv.hessenrecht.hessen.de) |
| LG Frankfurt, 13. Zivilkammer, 2-13 S 56/24 | LG Frankfurt (13. Zivilkammer) | Germany | — | 2025-09-25 | Implied | Court found the cited BGH decisions to be complete fabrications, admonished counsel for relying on or presenting invented authorities; no professional sanction was imposed in this decision. | None reported | Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB) |
| 3 ORbs 164/25 | KG Berlin | Germany | — | 2025-08-25 | Implied | — | None reported | Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB) |
| VGH 3 S 1012/25; VG 2 K 1899/25 | VGH Baden-Württemberg | Germany | — | 2025-07-08 | Implied | — | None reported | Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB) |
| Cologne District Court, 312 F 130/25 | Cologne District Court (Family Court) | Germany | — | 2025-07-02 | Implied | Court admonished the attorney and warned that knowingly disseminating untruths may violate BRAO §43a(3) | None reported | Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB) |
| Beschluss 5 U 1/25 | OLG Celle | Germany | — | 2025-04-29 | Implied | Court treated the cited authorities as Fehlzitate (not verifiable) and did not rely on them | None reported | Source (voris.wolterskluwer-online.de) |
| OLG Celle, 5 U 1/25 | OLG Celle | Germany | — | 2025-04-29 | Implied | The court identified the cited authorities as unverifiable 'Fehlzitate' and declined to rely on them; no professional sanction or monetary penalty was imposed. | 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.