Hallucinated Legal Presentations in Civil Trial Courts

Authors

• Jeffrey Parness, Northern Illinois University College of Law

Volume

2026

First Page

93

Last Page

111

Publication Date

2026

Document Type

Article

Abstract

Increasingly, hallucinated legal presentations are being discovered and sanctioned in U.S. federal and state civil trial courts. Such presentations encompass papers that are signed, filed, submitted, or advocated, which contain nonexistent legal sources, whether case precedents, statutes, court rules, administrative regulations, or otherwise. These presentations may be discovered by judges, presenting lawyers, opposing lawyers, unrepresented parties, or witnesses.

Recommended Citation

Jeffrey Parness, Hallucinated Legal Presentations in Civil Trial Courts, 2026 Cardozo L. Rev. De-Novo 93 (2026).
Available at: https://larc.cardozo.yu.edu/de-novo/116