[Plaintiff] v. Webb Chevrolet, Inc., et al.
CA Illinois · Feb 9, 2026
- Jurisdiction
- state
- Court
- CA Illinois
- Record ID
- plaintiff-v-webb-chevrolet-inc-et-al-2026-02-09
- Observed outcome
- Appeal dismissed; order to show cause issued regarding potential sanctions.
- Known monetary consequence
- Not recorded
Why this matter warrants attention
The court dismissed the plaintiff's appeal for failure to provide a valid supporting record and issued an order to show cause why sanctions should not be imposed for the inclusion of fictitious authorities and fabricated legal holdings in her briefs, which the court attributed to the unverified use of generative AI.
False Quotes: Case Law | Plaintiff attributed a specific quote to Fox v. Heiman that does not appear in that opinion; court noted Fox does not mention section 2-619 or contain the quoted language. || False Quotes: Case Law | Plaintiff asserted Concepcion supports limitations on arbitration protecting consumer claims; court observed Concepcion does not include the propositions plaintiff attributed to it. || False Quotes: Case Law | Plaintiff claimed Kinkel and Gallagher stand for broad public-policy limits on arbitration clauses; court found neither case supports the sweeping propositions plaintiff attributed to them. || Fabricated: Case Law | Plaintiff cited a nonexistent Illinois opinion; court searched and found no case by this name and the cited volume/page corresponded to an unrelated criminal opinion. || Fabricated: Case Law | Plaintiff cited a nonexistent case title/citation; court found the actual opinion at that citation was a different case and no 'Sears v. Illinois Central Savings & Loan' exists. || Fabricated: Case Law | Plaintiff cited a case by name and citation that do not exist in Illinois or elsewhere; court's search returned no such authority. || Fabricated: Case Law | Plaintiff cited a nonexistent opinion and attributed a specific holding; court found no such case or holding at the citation provided. || Fabricated: Case Law | Plaintiff cited a case title/citation that matched other unrelated opinions; court found no support for the claimed arbitration-related holding. || False Quotes: Case Law | Plaintiff quoted language purportedly from Smith v. Airoom that does not appear in the opinion; court found the quoted language and the asserted principles absent from Smith. || False Quotes: Case Law | Plaintiff attributed a holding to Keefe that the case does not contain (re: section 2-619 not a responsive pleading); court found Keefe does not contain the quoted language or discuss section 2-619.
This record documents a Pro Se Litigant filing issue in CA Illinois, with the listed outcome: Order to show cause.
Failure modes and consequences
- Pro Se
- Fake Citations
- Fabricated Quotes
- Contract
- Appellate
- Ordered To Show Cause
- AI attribution
- Implied
- Recorded tool
- Generative artificial intelligence (unspecified)
- Known monetary consequence
- Not recorded
- Procedural posture
- Appellate review of a circuit court order compelling arbitration; appeal dismissed and order to show cause issued.
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What this record does—and does not—establish
The court inferred the use of generative AI based on the nature of the fictitious authorities.
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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.
- Confirm that every authority actually supports the proposition for which it is offered.