Filing dismissed
LegalAI
The court dismissed a mandamus petition after plaintiffs filed LegalAI-backed papers with nonexistent cases, fake quotes, and at least four made-up citations.
Oregon Supreme Court case · Oregon Supreme Court · OR
““Rather than taking the time necessary to ensure that they did not compound the burdens on the court, however,” the justices wrote in their order that less than 12 hours after receiving the order, plaintiffs dug a deeper hole by filing “a declaration that included citations to at least four cases that do not exist in the Oregon Appellate Reports or the Oregon Reports.””
ijpr.org ↗
The file →
- Oregon Supreme Court case; plaintiffs were sanctioned by dismissal.
- They submitted supporting documents using LegalAI with fabricated citations and fake quotes.
- The court dismissed the petition for a writ of mandamus.
- Oregon Supreme Court, Oregon.
- Friday ruling in June 2026; justices said the papers added fabricated legal arguments and cited at least four nonexistent cases.