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Eugene Volokh

$10K Fine for Lawyer Who Filed Brief Apparently Containing Many Hallucinations

From Doiban v. Oregon Liquor & Cannabis Comm'n, decided by Oregon Court of Appeals Judge Scott Shorr, joined by Judges Steven Powers and Ryan O'Connor:

Petitioner's opening brief contains fabricated case citations, purported quotations that do not exist anywhere in Oregon case law (attributed to various cases, some fabricated and others not), and inaccurate descriptions of the proposition for which certain cases stand…. {"[T]here are at least 15 citations to cases that are fabricated" and "at least nine purported quotations—attributed to various cases, some fabricated and others not—that do not exist anywhere in Oregon case law." … [P]etitioner [also] "included citations to actual cases; however, there are multiple instances in which the description of the proposition for which the cases are cited is not accurate."} [W]e sanction petitioner's counsel $10,000….

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