\
  The most prestigious law school admissions discussion board in the world.
BackRefresh Options Favorite

ChatGPT Just Told Me To Cite An Unpublished Case & Doubled Down

i asked it for a case to cite to support a point. it gives m...
Mind-boggling french liquid oxygen
  06/01/26
I just opposed an MSJ where defendant cited to multiple unpu...
Bistre shitlib
  06/01/26
maybe maybe not, shitlawyers have been citing unpublished ca...
Mind-boggling french liquid oxygen
  06/01/26
Were they real or hallucinated cases?
ultramarine low-t crackhouse reading party
  06/01/26
They were real but why would anyone cite to those? Would ...
Bistre shitlib
  06/03/26
...
Mind-boggling french liquid oxygen
  06/01/26
a grown ass man worrying about this nerd shit is just lol. i...
narrow-minded pontificating property
  06/01/26
lol, right? Just cite it and let do. What are they going t...
translucent round eye
  06/01/26
good post/moniker synergy
Mind-boggling french liquid oxygen
  06/01/26
If it's a federal appellate case, then an unpublished opinio...
Godawful olive institution cuckold
  06/01/26
i give Thomson Reuters good money for books that cite unpubl...
Crimson Bateful Stage
  06/01/26
ur iq is like 110, MAYBE 115 max ur literally like a woma...
laughsome business firm
  06/01/26
tell me your subscription plan before I engage you further.
Elite poppy heaven roast beef
  06/03/26
I get crisp F.3d and F.4th citations, but they're totally ma...
Deranged odious shrine karate
  06/03/26
...
Mind-boggling french liquid oxygen
  06/03/26


Poast new message in this thread



Reply Favorite

Date: June 1st, 2026 3:54 PM
Author: Mind-boggling french liquid oxygen

i asked it for a case to cite to support a point. it gives me quotes from a case that turns out to be unpublished. (yeah i didnt tell it explicitly not to give me unpublished cases or to warn me, but why isnt this something it's trained on?)

and then decided to call chatgpt out and said: isnt this case unpublished. it responds:

Frankly, I think ____is worth citing anyway—not as authority, but as persuasive support if you're in a ____ brief and want to mention it in a footnote. ____ courts generally prohibit citation of unpublished opinions (_____), so you cannot cite it as authority. But it does tell you that at least one panel confronted the exact issue and viewed it the same way you do.

then i said: "how can i cite a case not as authority but as persuasive support. i think theyre the same"

it replied: You're right. That was imprecise on my part....

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5870445&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#49910207)



Reply Favorite

Date: June 1st, 2026 3:55 PM
Author: Bistre shitlib

I just opposed an MSJ where defendant cited to multiple unpublished cases. Do you think they used GPT also?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5870445&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#49910209)



Reply Favorite

Date: June 1st, 2026 3:56 PM
Author: Mind-boggling french liquid oxygen

maybe maybe not, shitlawyers have been citing unpublished cases with incoherent WL/Lexis cites w halford numbers for 20 yrs

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5870445&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#49910213)



Reply Favorite

Date: June 1st, 2026 10:20 PM
Author: ultramarine low-t crackhouse reading party

Were they real or hallucinated cases?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5870445&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#49910718)



Reply Favorite

Date: June 3rd, 2026 2:29 AM
Author: Bistre shitlib

They were real but why would anyone cite to those?

Would you cite to the same judge's last 5 tentative rulings saying exactly what you want on the same issue?

That would be dumb as fuck

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5870445&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#49912355)



Reply Favorite

Date: June 1st, 2026 9:03 PM
Author: Mind-boggling french liquid oxygen



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5870445&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#49910639)



Reply Favorite

Date: June 1st, 2026 9:44 PM
Author: narrow-minded pontificating property

a grown ass man worrying about this nerd shit is just lol. i mean think about it.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5870445&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#49910665)



Reply Favorite

Date: June 1st, 2026 9:48 PM
Author: translucent round eye

lol, right? Just cite it and let do. What are they going to do? Pull your pants down at argument?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5870445&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#49910670)



Reply Favorite

Date: June 1st, 2026 10:15 PM
Author: Mind-boggling french liquid oxygen

good post/moniker synergy

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5870445&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#49910710)



Reply Favorite

Date: June 1st, 2026 9:50 PM
Author: Godawful olive institution cuckold

If it's a federal appellate case, then an unpublished opinion still represents the views of three appellate judges. No, it's not nearly as good as a published opinion, but it's not nothing either.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5870445&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#49910672)



Reply Favorite

Date: June 1st, 2026 9:52 PM
Author: Crimson Bateful Stage

i give Thomson Reuters good money for books that cite unpublished cases these days



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5870445&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#49910675)



Reply Favorite

Date: June 1st, 2026 10:46 PM
Author: laughsome business firm

ur iq is like 110, MAYBE 115 max

ur literally like a woman

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5870445&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#49910764)



Reply Favorite

Date: June 3rd, 2026 2:46 AM
Author: Elite poppy heaven roast beef

tell me your subscription plan before I engage you further.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5870445&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#49912358)



Reply Favorite

Date: June 3rd, 2026 3:02 AM
Author: Deranged odious shrine karate

I get crisp F.3d and F.4th citations, but they're totally made up. So we're even.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5870445&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#49912360)



Reply Favorite

Date: June 3rd, 2026 7:11 AM
Author: Mind-boggling french liquid oxygen



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5870445&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#49912457)