Creditors Adjustment Bureau, Inc. v. All Season Power LLC, et al.
C.D. California · Feb 13, 2026
- Jurisdiction
- federal
- Court
- C.D. California
- Record ID
- creditors-adjustment-bureau-inc-v-all-season-power-llc-et-al-2026-02-13
- Observed outcome
- Warning
- Known monetary consequence
- Not recorded
Why this matter warrants attention
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.
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.
When opposing counsel parrots your bad cite into their reply, both sides get named; require independent verification even of internal brief templates.
Failure modes and consequences
- Fake Citations
- Fabricated Quotes
- Trial
- Warning
- AI attribution
- Not Established
- Recorded tool
- Unidentified
- Known monetary consequence
- Not recorded
- Procedural posture
- Warning
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What this record does—and does not—establish
The current record does not establish a specific AI tool. Do not infer AI use beyond the source.
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Latest evidence review: Secondary Source Only (medium confidence).
Controls suggested by the public record
- Verify each cited authority, quotation, and proposition against the underlying source before filing.
- Assign a responsible reviewer for AI-assisted research and drafting.
- Retain a matter-level record of source checks and corrections.