Doiban v. Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission
CA Oregon · Mar 18, 2026
- Jurisdiction
- state
- Court
- CA Oregon
- Record ID
- doiban-v-oregon-liquor-and-cannabis-commission-2026-03-18
- Observed outcome
- Monetary Sanction
- Known monetary consequence
- $10,000
Why this matter warrants attention
Fabricated: Case Law | Opening brief contained at least 15 citations to cases that the court concluded are fabricated (nonexistent) and cannot be located; counsel could not produce sources. Outcome: Monetary Sanction. Petitioner’s opening brief contained at least 15 fabricated case citations and at least nine purported quotations that do not exist in Oregon case law; counsel acknowledged reliance on unverified search-engine results and some use of AI for an outline. Court capped sanctions at $10,000, required a replacement brief limited to accurately described authorities, and required certification that no generative AI was used to draft the brief and that cited authorities were verified.
The record concerns whether authorities presented to the decision-maker existed and could be verified. The tracked outcome is Monetary Sanction; the linked source controls the precise reasoning.
Require a no-AI certification plus cite-verification log on every appellate brief; 15 fake cites now carries a $10K cap sanction.
Failure modes and consequences
- Fake Citations
- Fabricated Quotes
- Misrepresented Authority
- Appellate
- Monetary
- AI attribution
- Not Established
- Recorded tool
- Unidentified
- Known monetary consequence
- $10,000
- Procedural posture
- Monetary Sanction
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What this record does—and does not—establish
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Latest evidence review: Secondary Source Only (medium confidence).
Controls suggested by the public record
- Verify the existence, citation, court, and precedential status of every authority before filing.
- Compare every quoted passage and pincite directly with the underlying opinion or filing.
- Confirm that each authority supports the stated proposition and has not been mischaracterized.
- Escalate unresolved verification failures before filing and preserve the responsible reviewer's signoff record.