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Amanda Adams v. Allen Butler Construction, Inc.

Texas Court of Appeals · State appellate courts · TX · · No. 07-25-00191-CV AMANDA ADAMS, APPELLANT V. ALLEN BUT · memorandum opinion

Fabricated or misquoted citations

The Texas Court of Appeals on 2026-05-05 affirmed the order awarding attorney fees and dismissing the case, rejecting arguments supported by nonexistent cases and false quotations in Amanda Adams v. Allen Butler Construction, Inc. The self-represented party filed a brief with one fabricated case citation, one false case quotation, one mischaracterized case citation, and one misstated record or submission point.

Disposition
The court affirmed the order awarding attorney fees and dismissing the case, rejecting arguments supported by nonexistent cases and false quotations.
Recorded conduct
The self-represented party filed a brief with one fabricated case citation, one false case quotation, one mischaracterized case citation, and one misstated record or submission point. — outcome: other; actor: litigant in person
Canonical record
Incident tracker entry — verified outcome, regulator disposition and related rules

What the court wrote

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It points to, among other deficiencies in her brief, several citations by Adams that appear to be non-existent. It points also to fictitious quotations Adams attributed to real cases that do not contain such language, Adams’s inaccurate descriptions of case holdings and mischaracterizations of the clerk’s and reporter’s records, and Adams’s failure to comply with Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure, including failing to provide the required Appendix and Certificate of Compliance. Our review of Adams’s brief reveals ABCI’s contentions to be true. We note also the trial court previously admonished Adams as follows: Ms. Adams is reminded that, as a pro se litigant, she is held to the same standards as licensed attorneys and must comply with applicable laws and rules of procedure.

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