Holmes Family Trust v. Multnomah County Assessor
Oregon Tax Court · Dec 16, 2025
- Jurisdiction
- federal
- Court
- Oregon Tax Court
- Record ID
- holmes-family-trust-v-multnomah-county-assessor-2025-12-16
- Observed outcome
- Warning issued to pro se litigant; motion to dismiss granted in part.
- Known monetary consequence
- Not recorded
Why this matter warrants attention
The Oregon Tax Court admonished a pro se litigant for citing a nonexistent case likely generated by AI. The court declined to impose sanctions at this time but warned that future submissions of fabricated authority would result in reconsideration of sanctions.
Fabricated: Case Law | Plaintiff cited 'Dept. of Rev. v. Sec'y of State, 16 OTR 350, 359 (2003)'; court found the case does not exist and likely resulted from generative AI; court declined to sanction but admonished Plaintiff.
This record documents a Pro Se Litigant filing issue in Oregon Tax Court, with the listed outcome: Warning.
Failure modes and consequences
- Pro Se
- Fake Citations
- Administrative
- Trial
- Warning
- AI attribution
- Implied
- Recorded tool
- Generative AI (unspecified)
- Known monetary consequence
- Not recorded
- Procedural posture
- Order granting Defendant's Motion to Dismiss in part.
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What this record does—and does not—establish
The court attributed the nonexistent citation to the use of generative AI.
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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.
- Escalate and correct a suspect filing promptly, with a documented response.