Tekoma Chaney v. Transdev Services Inc. et al.
- Party
- Lawyer
- AI Tool
- LexisNexis+ (Protégé)
Hallucinated Content
Fabricated
- Case Law
Attributed 'In re Shubert, 799 F.3d 1124, 1129 (9th Cir. 2015)' as authority in Plaintiff's Opposition to Ogilvie's MSJ (p.17); Court found the case fabricated and the reporter/pincite corresponds to an unrelated real case.
- Case Law
Same fabricated citation used twice in Plaintiff's Opposition to Transdev's MSJ (Opp'n TMSJ pp.15–16); Court noted counsel failed to disclose these additional uses in initial declaration.
- Case Law
Third instance of the same fabricated authority appearing in briefing; Court treated repeated uses as aggravating factor in finding bad faith and imposing monetary and reporting sanctions.
Outcome
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