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Florida · state appellate court · 2026

Straub v. Henderson, Margaret McShane Revocable Trust

District Court of Appeal of Florida, 25 February 2026. What the court wrote about citations that did not exist, in its own words, from the document on file.

Case record · Fla. Dist. Ct. App.

  1. Court. District Court of Appeal of FloridaCOURT
  2. Level. state appellate courtLEVEL
  3. Date. 25 February 2026DATED
  4. Docket. No. 2D2025-1787DOCKET
  5. Documents. one document, 2 passages quoted belowON FILE
  6. Source. CourtListenerSOURCE

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Published opinion, 25 February 2026 · source · PDF · 2 pages

3d 826, 827 (Fla. 3d DCA 2025) ("We write, however, to address 2 an issue of growing concern—the proliferation of fake or hallucinated case citations in court filings. . . . Opposing counsel, and the court, should not have to parse case citations and parentheticals to discern whether cases exist, and if so, if they stand for the propositions asserted."), reh'g denied (Sept.

3d 1185, 1187-88 (Fla. 3d DCA 2024) (dismissing pro se appellant's appeal and imposing sanctions for filing briefs that contained "fictitious and nonexistent case law"). LUCAS, C.J., and NORTHCUTT and ATKINSON, JJ., Concur.

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