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Meyer v. Castroville State Bank

·Fourth Court of Appeals of Texas·US-STATENoted, no consequenceprovisional

The Texas Court of Appeals, Fourth District on 2026-04-22 affirmed the summary judgment for the bank and declined to initiate sanctions proceedings over two non-existent cases in Meyer v. Castroville State Bank. The self-represented party filed a submission with two fabricated case citations.

Court
Fourth Court of Appeals of Texas
Date
2026-04-22
Who used the AI
Litigant in person
AI tool
Not identified in the record
Conduct
The Meyers’s pro se appellate brief referenced two non-existent cases: In re Carothers, 780 S.W.2d 820, 823 (Tex. App.—Corpus Christi 1990, orig. proceeding), and Exxon Corp. v. Allsup / Exxon Corp. v. Alembik, 602 S.W.2d 695 (Tex. 1980).
Outcome
Noted, no consequence
Penalty
No monetary penalty recorded
Regulatory outcome
No separate regulatory disposition recorded
Status
Provisional — written by the court-decisions pipeline, awaiting the editor
Last checked
2026-09-07

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SafeLegalAI Global Legal AI Incident Tracker, “Meyer v. Castroville State Bank”, safelegalai.com/tracker/meyer-v-castroville-state-bank (accessed 2026-10-07). Data: CC BY 4.0.

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