Put A Bird On It, LLC v. Seattle Arena Holdings, LLC
CA Washington · Mar 2, 2026
- Jurisdiction
- state
- Court
- CA Washington
- Record ID
- put-a-bird-on-it-llc-v-seattle-arena-holdings-llc-2026-03-02
- Observed outcome
- The court affirmed the trial court's dismissal of the appellant's claims, finding no enforceable contract existed.
- Known monetary consequence
- Not recorded
Why this matter warrants attention
The appellant's counsel submitted an appellate brief containing fabricated case law and erroneous citations generated by AI-based search engines. Counsel admitted to the use of these tools and apologized to the court. The court addressed the merits of the underlying contract dispute while noting the failure of the appellant's research process.
Fabricated: Case Law | Appellant's opening brief included AI-generated erroneous citations and false quotations—mixing fictitious captions, misattributed citations, and legal principles not supported by the cited cases; attorneys admitted the citations were produced by 'AI-based search engines' and apologized to the court.
Ban consumer AI search engines for appellate briefs; apologies don't erase fabricated captions on the record.
Failure modes and consequences
- Hallucination
- Fabricated_citations
- Fabricated_quotes
- Fake Citations
- Fabricated Quotes
- Contract
- AI attribution
- Admitted
- Recorded tool
- AI-based search engines
- Known monetary consequence
- Not recorded
- Procedural posture
- Appeal of a trial court's CR 12(b)(6) dismissal of breach of contract and related claims, affirmed by the Washington Court of Appeals.
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What this record does—and does not—establish
Attorneys admitted citations were produced by AI-based search engines.
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.
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.
- Use only approved research and drafting tools for legal work.
- Retain a matter-level record of source checks and corrections.