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Patrick Joseph Groulx v CSL Limited
CA Michigan · Dec 19, 2025
MI / stateEditorial impact: lowfake citationscontractappellate
Direct answer
What happened in this matter?
Fabricated: Case Law | Appellant's brief included citation to a non-existent case; court found it to be a fabricated case citation and relied on this as part of basis to dismiss the appeal. Outcome: Appeal dismissed.
- Why the court cared
- Fabricated: Case Law | Appellant's brief included citation to a non-existent case; court found it to be a fabricated case citation and relied on this as part of basis to dismiss the appeal. || Fabricated: Case Law | Appellant's brief included a second citation to a non-existent case; court treated this as another fabricated citation contributing to dismissal.
- Why it matters now
- Fabricated cites can kill an appeal outright; run a cite-check pass on every AI-assisted brief before filing.
Why this matter is tracked
Fabricated: Case Law | Appellant's brief included citation to a non-existent case; court found it to be a fabricated case citation and relied on this as part of basis to dismiss the appeal. Outcome: Appeal dismissed.
Operational lesson
Fabricated cites can kill an appeal outright; run a cite-check pass on every AI-assisted brief before filing.
Record details
MichiganSingle-state evidence scope
CourtCA Michigan
Jurisdictionstate
Circuit6th Circuit
DateDec 19, 2025
AI
AI toolAI (implied, unspecified)
Party typeLawyer
OutcomeAppeal dismissed
Known amountNot recorded
Professional sanctionNo
Attribution boundary
What the record establishes about AI use
reported
AI (implied, unspecified) is recorded in the source dataset; confirm the basis in the linked document.
Procedural posture
Appeal dismissed
Correction behavior
Correction behavior is not separately verified in the current record.
Tracked discrepancy record
2 citation, quotation, or authority issues are recorded in the source dataset.
- Fabricated: Case Law | Appellant's brief included citation to a non-existent case; court found it to be a fabricated case citation and relied on this as part of basis to dismiss the appeal.
- Fabricated: Case Law | Appellant's brief included a second citation to a non-existent case; court treated this as another fabricated citation contributing to dismissal.
Questions this record answers
- What happened in Patrick Joseph Groulx v CSL Limited?
- Fabricated: Case Law | Appellant's brief included citation to a non-existent case; court found it to be a fabricated case citation and relied on this as part of basis to dismiss the appeal. Outcome: Appeal dismissed.
- Why does Patrick Joseph Groulx v CSL Limited matter for legal AI risk?
- Fabricated cites can kill an appeal outright; run a cite-check pass on every AI-assisted brief before filing.
- What does the public record establish about Patrick Joseph Groulx v CSL Limited?
- Retained unchanged after audit: the existing summary is source-specific, non-placeholder, and supported by the recorded source link. Read the underlying source before relying on it for legal advice or a filing.
- Which source supports this Patrick Joseph Groulx v CSL Limited 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.
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