USA

Joan Pablo Torres Campos v. Leslie Ann Munoz

CA California 5 March 2026
Party
Lawyer; Judge
AI Tool
Unidentified
Prof. Sanction
Disciplinary referral

Hallucinated Content

Fabricated

  1. Case Law

    Court and counsel cited 'Marriage of Twigg' as authority on prioritizing parties' emotional well‑being in custody; Twigg does not exist and the citation "34 Cal.3d 926" and parallel citations provided by counsel were fabricated. Court found reliance on this nonexistent authority and counsel later admitted Twigg was fictitious.

Misrepresented

  1. Case Law

    Counsel cited 'In re Marriage of Teegarden' with an incorrect citation/year and attributed a holding about emotional well‑being and pet custody that the real 1986 Teegarden decision did not hold; the citation and asserted holding were misrepresented.


Outcome

Monetary sanctionBar referral
Monetary penalty 5000 USD

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Flagged by: Robert Freund.