“The injection of false precedent undermines the integrity of the proceedings. Doing it repeatedly, and in response to a show cause order, warrants imposition of a meaningful sanction.”
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- Aldridge v. Tussing involved relators who filed a mandamus petition with fabricated AI-generated citations and quotes.
- The Oregon Supreme Court struck the petition and the response, then dismissed the proceeding entirely.
- Sanction type: dismissal; no monetary amount was imposed in this order.
- Oregon Supreme Court, Oregon; state court sanction issued on 2026-06-05.
- The fabrications were attributed to LegalAI, and the court said repeated false precedent warranted a meaningful sanction.