US District Court, Southern District of New York
Mata v. Avianca
Sanctioned · 22 June 2023
SectorLegal
CountryUnited States
Document typeCourt filing
ConsequenceSanctioned
What was fabricated
The original 2023 fake-citation case — ChatGPT-invented cases cited in a federal filing.
What happened as a result
$5,000 sanction against the lawyers; the case that put AI-fabricated citations on the map.
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