Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Who Says the Law Isn't Funny?

Check out these cases for a chuckle, and practice your online retrieval skills at the same time:

"Once upon a time, in lands far, far away, lived strange but cuddly creatures that became involved in a struggle for identity." Selmon v. Hasbro Bradley, Inc., 669 F.Supp. 1267 (S.D.N.Y.,1987).

The farting doll case: JCW Investments v Novelty, Inc. Inc., 482 F 3d 910 (7th Circ 2007).

"Who you gonna call?" Stambovsky v. Ackley, 169 A.D.2d 254, 572 N.Y.S.2d 672 (N.Y.A.D.,1991).

U. S. ex rel. Mayo v. Satan and his Staff, 54 F.R.D. 282 (1971).