Burnett v. The City of New York
SC New York · Dec 31, 2025
- Jurisdiction
- state
- Court
- SC New York
- Record ID
- burnett-v-the-city-of-new-york-2025-12-31
- Observed outcome
- Summary judgment granted for defendants; counsel ordered to show cause regarding potential sanctions.
- Known monetary consequence
- Not recorded
Why this matter warrants attention
The court granted the defendants' motion for summary judgment and issued an order to show cause requiring plaintiff's counsel to explain why he should not be sanctioned for citing a nonexistent case in his opposition papers.
Fabricated: Case Law | Plaintiff's counsel cited a nonexistent case (Backus v. City of Rochester, 148 AD3d 1697 [4th Dept 2017]); the court reported it was unable to locate the case and ordered counsel to show cause why he should not be sanctioned.
One unverified cite is enough for a show-cause order — no exceptions to the cite-check rule, even for routine motions.
Failure modes and consequences
- Fake Citations
- Tort
- Trial
- Ordered To Show Cause
- AI attribution
- Reported
- Recorded tool
- AI (implied, unspecified)
- Known monetary consequence
- Not recorded
- Procedural posture
- Summary judgment motion granted; order to show cause issued against plaintiff's counsel.
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What this record does—and does not—establish
AI (implied, unspecified) is recorded in the source dataset; confirm the basis in the linked document.
Retained unchanged after audit: the existing summary is source-specific, non-placeholder, and supported by the recorded source link. Read the underlying source before relying on it for legal advice or a filing.
Latest evidence review: Primary Document Verified (high confidence).
Controls suggested by the public record
- Verify each cited authority, quotation, and proposition against the underlying source before filing.
- Retain a matter-level record of source checks and corrections.