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D'Angelo v. Vaught
CC Illinois · Apr 2, 2025
IL / stateEditorial impact: mediumtrial
Direct answer
What happened in this matter?
An Illinois appellate order imposed a $2,000 sanction after counsel filed a brief containing fabricated authorities attributed in the available record to Archie, Smokeball's AI assistant. The public source verifies the date, the monetary consequence, and the tool attribution. It does not reliably establish a docket number, panel, or the total number of defective citations, so those details should not be added.
- Why the court cared
- The linked record identifies trial and records Monetary sanction. This page does not infer judicial reasoning beyond the source.
- Why it matters now
- Vendor-branded legal AI tools like Smokeball's Archie still hallucinate; treat every output as unverified until cite-checked.
Why this matter is tracked
An Illinois appellate order imposed a $2,000 sanction after counsel filed a brief containing fabricated authorities attributed in the available record to Archie, Smokeball's AI assistant. The public source verifies the date, the monetary consequence, and the tool attribution. It does not reliably establish a docket number, panel, or the total number of defective citations, so those details should not be added.
Operational lesson
Vendor-branded legal AI tools like Smokeball's Archie still hallucinate; treat every output as unverified until cite-checked.
Record details
IllinoisSingle-state evidence scope
CourtCC Illinois
Jurisdictionstate
Circuit7th Circuit
DateApr 2, 2025
AR
AI toolArchie (Smokeball)
Party typeLawyer
OutcomeMonetary sanction
Known amount$2,000
Professional sanctionNo
Attribution boundary
What the record establishes about AI use
reported
Archie (Smokeball) is recorded in the source dataset; confirm the basis in the linked document.
Procedural posture
Monetary sanction
Correction behavior
Correction behavior is not separately verified in the current record.
Questions this record answers
- What happened in D'Angelo v. Vaught?
- An Illinois appellate order imposed a $2,000 sanction after counsel filed a brief containing fabricated authorities attributed in the available record to Archie, Smokeball's AI assistant. The public source verifies the date, the monetary consequence, and the tool attribution. It does not reliably establish a docket number, panel, or the total number of defective citations, so those details should not be added.
- Why does D'Angelo v. Vaught matter for legal AI risk?
- Vendor-branded legal AI tools like Smokeball's Archie still hallucinate; treat every output as unverified until cite-checked.
- What does the public record establish about D'Angelo v. Vaught?
- The record summarizes the outcome described in the linked public source. The recorded document is hosted in the upstream publisher archive. This page is not a substitute for the complete docket, subsequent history, or jurisdiction-specific advice.
- Which source supports this D'Angelo v. Vaught summary?
- The recorded source is Damien Charlotin case archive. It is classified as publisher document archive; review the linked material and subsequent docket history before relying on this summary.
Related matters
Related by court, jurisdiction, tool, or classified failure pattern. Similarity does not imply the same facts or outcome.