Mezu v. Mezu
Mezu v. Mezu is one matter in the Veritas record of US court proceedings involving AI-generated citations that could not be verified against the reporters named. The summary below is drawn from the underlying court document, linked at the foot of this page.
- Court
- CA Maryland
- Date
- October 29, 2025
- Party
- Lawyer
- AI tool
- ChatGPT
- Outcome
- Referral to Attorney Grievance Commission considered; published as a warning
- Penalty
- No monetary penalty in this order.
What the record shows
The Appellate Court of Maryland found that the mother's brief was replete with citation irregularities, including citations to multiple fictitious cases and misquoted passages, after a law clerk used ChatGPT to research cases and received a list that included cases that were inaccurately cited and did not exist. The court published the opinion as a warning and to determine its appropriate response, including whether to refer counsel to the Attorney Grievance Commission.
This entry reflects the court document as filed. The citations at issue could not be located in the reporters named at the time of the order. The reading here is descriptive of the public record and is not legal advice.
Source documents
The test this filing did not run
Every matter in this record shares one mechanism: a citation that did not resolve to an opinion in the reporter named, in a brief that was filed before any verification step ran. Veritas runs that step. The Filing Risk Scanner extracts each citation, resolves it against reporter and public-record sources, and returns a verdict on each one — located, partial, or not located in reporter — before the brief is signed.
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