Incident #1724
Oklahoma Judge Reportedly Used ChatGPT-Generated Fictitious Case Citations in Family-Law Order
Description
Stephens County, Oklahoma, Associate District Judge Lawrence Wheeler reportedly used ChatGPT for legal research while preparing a family-law order that cited at least two nonexistent cases. The order denied a request for a psychological evaluation and reprimanded the requesting attorney; Wheeler later vacated it after the attorney challenged it before the Oklahoma Supreme Court.
Actors
Alleged Deployers
- lawrence-wheeler
- district-court-of-stephens-county-(oklahoma)
- judges
- legal-professionals
Alleged Developers
- openai
- chatbot-developers
- large-language-developers
Harmed Parties
- michael-beason
- parties-to-legal-proceedings
- judicial-integrity
- epistemic-integrity
- adriane-capers