Courts on AI / Fabricated or misquoted citations
Andre Legarza v. Northern Star (Alaska), Inc.
United States District Court for the District of Alaska · Federal district courts · AK · · 2026 WL 396509 · No. No. 3:24-cv-0007-HRH · memorandum opinion
District of Alaska on 2026-02-12 in Andre Legarza v. Northern Star (Alaska), Inc. found counsel's filing contained two citation defects involving nonexistent authorities, fabricated or misattributed quotations, mischaracterized authority. The court warned counsel to verify legal authorities before future filings.
- Disposition
- The court warned counsel to verify legal authorities before future filings.
- Recorded conduct
- Counsel's filing contained two citation defects involving nonexistent authorities, fabricated or misattributed quotations, mischaracterized authority. — outcome: warning; actor: lawyer
- Canonical record
- Incident tracker entry — verified outcome, regulator disposition and related rules
What the court wrote
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1 Docket 14. 2 Docket 20. 3 Docket 22. 4 Additionally, Defendants have provided a list identifying 17 cases cited by Plaintiff that “quote language that does not exist in the case,” including one where the language is correct but from a different case. Docket 23-1. The rapid development of artificial intelligence (“AI”) requires caution in the context of legal research. The Court recommends that attorneys also follow the guidance provided to the judiciary, that AI systems should be used only to perform tasks that can be easily verified for accuracy and involve public data or nonconfidential and nonsensitive information. 5 Accordingly, the Court refers to plural “Defendants” in this Order.
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