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Gouldy v. Chiasson, No. 4D2025-1289 (Fla. 4th DCA)
·Florida Fourth District Court of Appeal·US-STATEPending
Florida's Fourth District Court of Appeal affirmed against a self-represented appellant whose brief relied on a nonexistent case and fabricated quotations from real decisions. Treating phantom authority as sanctionable under the appellate rules, the court issued a separate order requiring her to show cause why she should not be barred from filing further self-represented appeals.
- Court
- Florida Fourth District Court of Appeal
- Date
- 2026-07-22
- Who used the AI
- Litigant in person
- AI tool
- Not identified in the record
- Conduct
- Self-represented appellant Rose Lannquist Gouldy's brief cited a nonexistent case described by the court as phantom authority, attributed fabricated quotations to real decisions and misrepresented the record.
- Outcome
- Pending
- Penalty
- No monetary penalty recorded
- Regulatory outcome
- No separate regulatory disposition recorded
- Status
- Verified against listed sources
- Last checked
- 2026-09-03
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SafeLegalAI Global Legal AI Incident Tracker, “Gouldy v. Chiasson, No. 4D2025-1289 (Fla. 4th DCA)”, safelegalai.com/tracker/gouldy-v-chiasson (accessed 2026-09-04). Data: CC BY 4.0.