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Creditors Adjustment Bureau, Inc. v. All Season Power LLC, et al.
C.D. California · Feb 13, 2026
CA / federalEditorial impact: lowfake citationsfabricated quotestrial
Direct answer
What happened in this matter?
Fabricated: Case Law | Plaintiff's counsel cited a non-existent (phantom) case in its brief; counsel later admitted the citation was from a non-existent case produced by AI-assisted research and the court noted the error. Outcome: Warning.
- Why the court cared
- Fabricated: Case Law | Plaintiff's counsel cited a non-existent (phantom) case in its brief; counsel later admitted the citation was from a non-existent case produced by AI-assisted research and the court noted the error. || False Quotes: Case Law | Plaintiff's counsel included a quoted passage attributed to a real case, but the quote does not exist in the source—one of three phantom quotes identified in counsel's declaration. || False Quotes: Case Law | A second non-existent quotation was attributed to an existing case in Plaintiff's brief; counsel admitted the quote was erroneous and tied the error to AI-assisted research. || False Quotes: Case Law | A third non-existent quotation (attributed to a real case) was identified; Defendant later acknowledged that one of the same erroneous citations appeared in its reply brief.
- Why it matters now
- When opposing counsel parrots your bad cite into their reply, both sides get named; require independent verification even of internal brief templates.
Why this matter is tracked
Fabricated: Case Law | Plaintiff's counsel cited a non-existent (phantom) case in its brief; counsel later admitted the citation was from a non-existent case produced by AI-assisted research and the court noted the error. Outcome: Warning.
Operational lesson
When opposing counsel parrots your bad cite into their reply, both sides get named; require independent verification even of internal brief templates.
Record details
CaliforniaSingle-state evidence scope
CourtC.D. California
Jurisdictionfederal
Circuit9th Circuit
DateFeb 13, 2026
UN
AI toolUnidentified
Party typeLawyer
OutcomeWarning
Known amountNot recorded
Professional sanctionNo
Attribution boundary
What the record establishes about AI use
not established
The current record does not establish a specific AI tool. Do not infer AI use beyond the source.
Procedural posture
Warning
Correction behavior
Correction behavior is not separately verified in the current record.
Tracked discrepancy record
4 citation, quotation, or authority issues are recorded in the source dataset.
- Fabricated: Case Law | Plaintiff's counsel cited a non-existent (phantom) case in its brief; counsel later admitted the citation was from a non-existent case produced by AI-assisted research and the court noted the error.
- False Quotes: Case Law | Plaintiff's counsel included a quoted passage attributed to a real case, but the quote does not exist in the source—one of three phantom quotes identified in counsel's declaration.
- False Quotes: Case Law | A second non-existent quotation was attributed to an existing case in Plaintiff's brief; counsel admitted the quote was erroneous and tied the error to AI-assisted research.
- False Quotes: Case Law | A third non-existent quotation (attributed to a real case) was identified; Defendant later acknowledged that one of the same erroneous citations appeared in its reply brief.
Questions this record answers
- What happened in Creditors Adjustment Bureau, Inc. v. All Season Power LLC, et al.?
- Fabricated: Case Law | Plaintiff's counsel cited a non-existent (phantom) case in its brief; counsel later admitted the citation was from a non-existent case produced by AI-assisted research and the court noted the error. Outcome: Warning.
- Why does Creditors Adjustment Bureau, Inc. v. All Season Power LLC, et al. matter for legal AI risk?
- When opposing counsel parrots your bad cite into their reply, both sides get named; require independent verification even of internal brief templates.
- What does the public record establish about Creditors Adjustment Bureau, Inc. v. All Season Power LLC, et al.?
- 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.
- Which source supports this Creditors Adjustment Bureau, Inc. v. All Season Power LLC, et al. summary?
- The recorded source is reason.com. It is classified as secondary or other linked source; review the linked material and subsequent docket history before relying on this summary.
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