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Every incident where a lawyer got caught filing AI-fabricated citations. The Hall of Shame.

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ChatGPT 42 Claude 4 Gemini 3 ChatGPT-4o 1 ChatOn 1 CoCounsel 1 Eve 1 Google AI Overview 1 Grammarly 1 Morgan & Morgan’s in-house Artificial In 1 OpenCase 1 OpenLaw 1 Perplexity AI 1 Westlaw Precision 1

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Caught, not sanctioned Perplexity AI 2025-07-23
A clerk used Perplexity AI and produced fabricated party names, invented precedents, and wrong statements of state law, leading Judge Henry T. Wingate to vacate the order.
Jackson Fed’n of Teachers v. State · Southern District of Mississippi · MS
“technical mistake”
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  • Jackson Fed’n of Teachers v. State; a clerk
  • Used Perplexity AI and generated fabricated party names and invented precedents
  • Order was vacated; no sanction amount stated
  • U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi
  • July 23, 2025; Judge Henry T. Wingate tried to remove the original from the public docket
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