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ChatGPT Just Told Me To Cite An Unpublished Case & Doubled Down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...
...,,..;...,,..,..,...,,,;..,
  06/01/26
I just opposed an MSJ where defendant cited to multiple unpu...
TurboGrafx-67
  06/01/26
maybe maybe not, shitlawyers have been citing unpublished ca...
...,,..;...,,..,..,...,,,;..,
  06/01/26
Were they real or hallucinated cases?
AI_concubine
  06/01/26
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...,,..;...,,..,..,...,,,;..,
  06/01/26
a grown ass man worrying about this nerd shit is just lol. i...
Nippon Professional Baseball
  06/01/26
lol, right? Just cite it and let do. What are they going t...
Mega Penis
  06/01/26
good post/moniker synergy
...,,..;...,,..,..,...,,,;..,
  06/01/26
If it's a federal appellate case, then an unpublished opinio...
German pumo
  06/01/26
i give Thomson Reuters good money for books that cite unpubl...
popeface
  06/01/26
ur iq is like 110, MAYBE 115 max ur literally like a woma...
Shema Yisrael
  06/01/26


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Date: June 1st, 2026 3:54 PM
Author: ...,,..;...,,..,..,...,,,;..,


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 it gives me quotes from a case that turns out to be unpublished. (yeah i didnt tell it explicitly not to give me unpublished cases or to warn me, but why isnt this something it's trained on?)

and then decided to call chatgpt out and said: isnt this case unpublished.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 ____ courts generally prohibit citation of unpublished opinions (_____), so you cannot cite it as authority.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=2Vannesa#49910207)



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Date: June 1st, 2026 3:55 PM
Author: TurboGrafx-67

I just opposed an MSJ where defendant cited to multiple unpublished cases.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=2Vannesa#49910209)



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Date: June 1st, 2026 3:56 PM
Author: ...,,..;...,,..,..,...,,,;..,


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=2Vannesa#49910213)



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Date: June 1st, 2026 10:20 PM
Author: AI_concubine

Were they real or hallucinated cases?

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



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Date: June 1st, 2026 9:03 PM
Author: ...,,..;...,,..,..,...,,,;..,




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



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Date: June 1st, 2026 9:44 PM
Author: Nippon Professional Baseball

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=2Vannesa#49910665)



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Date: June 1st, 2026 9:48 PM
Author: Mega Penis

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=2Vannesa#49910670)



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Date: June 1st, 2026 10:15 PM
Author: ...,,..;...,,..,..,...,,,;..,


good post/moniker synergy

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



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Date: June 1st, 2026 9:50 PM
Author: German pumo

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=2Vannesa#49910672)



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Date: June 1st, 2026 9:52 PM
Author: popeface

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=2Vannesa#49910675)



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Date: June 1st, 2026 10:46 PM
Author: Shema Yisrael

ur iq is like 110, MAYBE 115 max

ur literally like a woman

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