Stephen Schaaf v. Nellis Auction Holdings, LLC, et al.
Stephen Schaaf v. Nellis Auction Holdings, LLC, et al. 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
- D. Nevada
- Date
- January 30, 2026
- Party
- Lawyer
- AI tool
- Not identified in the order
- Outcome
- Admonishment; sanctions motions denied
- Penalty
- No monetary penalty in this order.
What the record shows
The court found the case included several instances of improper citation to case law by Plaintiff's counsel stemming from over-reliance on artificial intelligence in drafting three briefs. The court denied Defendants' motions for case-dispositive sanctions, to strike, and to stay, but admonished Plaintiff's counsel and warned that future failures may result in sanctions.
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
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