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ChatGPT Just Told Me To Cite An Unpublished Case & Doubled Down
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Date: June 1st, 2026 3:54 PM Author: soggy location 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 it gives me quotes from a case that turns out to be unpublished. (yeah i didnt tell it explicitly not to give me unpublished cases or to warn me, but why isnt this something it's trained on?)
and then decided to call chatgpt out and said: isnt this case unpublished.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 ____ courts generally prohibit citation of unpublished opinions (_____), so you cannot cite it as authority.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.... |
Date: June 1st, 2026 3:55 PM Author: Drab step-uncle's house striped hyena I just opposed an MSJ where defendant cited to multiple unpublished cases.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=2#49910209) |
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Date: June 1st, 2026 3:56 PM Author: soggy location maybe maybe not, shitlawyers have been citing unpublished cases with incoherent WL/Lexis cites w halford numbers for 20 yrs (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5870445&forum_id=2#49910213) |
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Date: June 1st, 2026 10:20 PM Author: zombie-like voyeur sneaky criminal Were they real or hallucinated cases? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5870445&forum_id=2#49910718) |
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Date: June 3rd, 2026 2:29 AM Author: Drab step-uncle's house striped hyena 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 |
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Date: June 1st, 2026 9:03 PM Author: soggy location (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5870445&forum_id=2#49910639) |
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Date: June 1st, 2026 9:44 PM Author: electric stead mediation 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=2#49910665) |
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Date: June 1st, 2026 9:48 PM Author: cerebral jet-lagged trailer park hunting ground 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=2#49910670) |
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Date: June 1st, 2026 10:15 PM Author: soggy location good post/moniker synergy (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5870445&forum_id=2#49910710) |
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Date: June 1st, 2026 9:50 PM Author: Adulterous Thirsty Indirect Expression 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=2#49910672) |
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Date: June 1st, 2026 9:52 PM Author: Insane Church Community Account i give Thomson Reuters good money for books that cite unpublished cases these days
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Date: June 1st, 2026 10:46 PM Author: thriller magical fat ankles dingle berry ur iq is like 110, MAYBE 115 max
ur literally like a woman |
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Date: June 3rd, 2026 2:46 AM Author: Excitant french chef genital piercing tell me your subscription plan before I engage you further. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5870445&forum_id=2#49912358) |
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Date: June 3rd, 2026 3:02 AM Author: concupiscible dog poop 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=2#49912360) |
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Date: June 3rd, 2026 7:11 AM Author: soggy location (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5870445&forum_id=2#49912457) |