Nebraska Supreme Court Reportedly Struck Self-Represented Divorce Litigant's Appellate Brief Containing Purportedly AI-Generated Fictitious Citations

Summary

The Nebraska Supreme Court said self-represented divorce litigant Jarrod Shannon's appellate brief contained fictitious citations and incorrect legal claims resulting from his admitted use of generative AI. It struck the brief and reviewed his challenge to a contempt order only for obvious errors before affirming the order.

Developers

• Large language model developers

Deployers

• Pro se litigants
• Jarrod Shannon

Harmed parties

• Parties to legal proceedings
• Nebraska Supreme Court
• Judicial integrity
• Jarrod Shannon
• Epistemic integrity
• Courts