“Follow the Chicken”
Q: Do you have a separate business that you have incorporated . . . or is this something you do just in your own name? A. Sir, I had a vision back when I was a child that …
Documents/Pleadings
Another Football-Related Trial Continuance Granted
Last season, a judge agreed to continue a trial date after counsel pointed out that the date would impair the parties’ ability to watch the New Orleans Saints play for the NFC championship. Now a judge in Baton Rouge has…
Nebraska State Senator Sues God to Protest Frivolous Lawsuit
Good luck serving God with the summons.
Tool Sued
The New Orleans bureau has alerted me to a new lawsuit against the rock band Tool, filed in federal court in Louisiana. Tool, whose music is described as "heavy metal," "alternative metal," "art rock," "art metal," "progressive rock," "progressive metal,"…
“American National” Sues All Nine Supreme Court Justices
Brave American citizen Jerry Brumbaugh struck a blow for freedom or something on Friday when he sued the nine current members of the United States Supreme Court for making rulings that have violated his constitutional rights. Specifically, all of them…
O’Melveny & Myers Shames Itself With 239-Page Brief
The Wall Street Journal’s Law Blog reports this afternoon that lawyers at O’Melveny & Myers, the firm defending former Enron CEO Jeff Skilling on appeal from his criminal conviction, have filed an appellate brief with the Fifth Circuit that is…
Man’s Right to Fish Recognized; Violation Held Not Grounds for Divorce
One of my ongoing projects (in addition to trying to convince our managing partner to get us a helper monkey) is to collect and make available as many legal documents as possible that are truly funny (intentionally or not). As…
Order Directs Counsel Not to Mudsling, Fingerpoint
On Tuesday, Judge Davis of the Northern District of Florida entered an order that suggested a slight frustration with discovery disputes that may result merely from a lack of civility between counsel. Put another way, he is %@#*ing sick of…
Burglar’s Plea to “Let It Be” Backfires With Judge
Quality judicial work by Judge Gregory Todd of the Thirteenth Judicial District Court, Yellowstone County, Montana. You can see a PDF of the memo itself at the link below, but here’s an excerpt: Mr. McCormack, you pled guilty to the…
Law Student Claims Discrimination Against Unskilled Typists
I've been meaning to post this for a while—it's not new, but worth having in the Hall of Pleading Shame. Late last year, Adrian Zachariasewycz (or, as his complaint states in paragraph 1, "hereinafter Adrian Zack"), after not being hired…