Noland v. Land
CA California · Sep 12, 2025
- Jurisdiction
- state
- Court
- CA California
- Record ID
- noland-v-land-2025-09-12
- Observed outcome
- Monetary Sanction; State Bar notified; opinion to be served on client.
- Known monetary consequence
- $10,000
Why this matter warrants attention
Fabricated: Case Law | Appellant cited Goldstine v. LibertyMut. Ins. Co., 2020 WL 6216738 (W.D. Wash. 2020), which the court identified as a fabricated (nonexistent) case created by AI. Outcome: Monetary Sanction; State Bar notified; opinion to be served on client.. "In total, appellant's opening brief contains 23 case quotations, 21 of which are fabrications. Appellant's reply brief contains many more fabricated quotations. And, both briefs are peppered with inaccurate citations that do not support the propositions for which they are cited.[...]We conclude by noting that "hallucination" is a particularly apt word to describe the darker consequences of AI.…
The record concerns whether authorities presented to the decision-maker existed and could be verified. The tracked outcome is Monetary Sanction; State Bar notified; opinion to be served on client.; the linked source controls the precise reasoning.
If 21 of 23 quotes are fabricated you lose the case and your license — mandate quote-level verification, not just cite-checking.
Failure modes and consequences
- Fake Citations
- Fabricated Quotes
- Misrepresented Authority
- Employment
- Appellate
- Monetary
- AI attribution
- Not Established
- Recorded tool
- Unidentified
- Known monetary consequence
- $10,000
- Procedural posture
- Monetary Sanction; State Bar notified; opinion to be served on client.
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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.
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.
Latest evidence review: Primary Document Limited (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.