What is Fabricated Citation?
A citation to a case, quote or statute that does not exist or does not say what is claimed, often produced by an AI tool. Courts have sanctioned people who filed them.
cited vol. 12 · the shelf ends at 9
A fabricated citation is…
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The judge's order flagged a fabricated citation in the brief: an AI tool had invented the case, and nobody had looked it up before filing.
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The AI-drafted brief's tab cites vol. 12, p. 40. The carriage runs the rail past volume 9 to the bare end of the shelf, its gripper closes on nothing, and the reading stand stays empty.
Check the practice brief below in your legal AI tool for any fabricated citation: list each case, quote and statute cited, say what you can and cannot confirm, and do not guess. I will look up every one myself.
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