Dueling Lawsuits Filed Over Copyright Claim by Mental Spoonbender
Uri Geller’s also trying to bend the law with this one.
Unnatural Law
Jury Rejects Teacher’s Claim of Anti-Witch Discrimination
The AP reported this week that a New York jury rejected a claim by teacher Lauren Berrios against a school district for wrongful termination. Berrios sought $2 million in damages based on her claim that she was fired for being…
Werewolf Charged With Disorderly Conduct
Robert Marsh was arrested last week in Wisconsin and charged with several offenses stemming from an incident early Thursday morning in which he broke down a woman’s door and grabbed her. Two other men in the home stopped Marsh, who…
Coin-Toss Decision Not the Weirdest Thing abut Alaskan Election
Those of you who have been closely following the race for school-board seats in the Aleutian Islands know that the two candidates for the open seat in Adak, Alaska, were tied after the October 3 election. (Each woman had nineteen…
German Love Witch Loses Appeal
In 2006, a court in Munich, Germany, confirmed that a local woman described as a "love witch" would have to pay back the 1,000 euros that she had charged another woman for various spells designed to get her ex-boyfriend to…
DA Sticks With Witness Who Says He Sees Horned Aliens
See, this is what I mean — I already have a stack of material, and then I see a headline like the above in the Daily Journal this very morning. The hits just keep on coming. It’s hard to do…
German Seeks Compensation for Alien Abductees
Given that Germany has a law granting kidnap victims the right to state compensation, it was only a matter of time before a creative attorney sought to apply that law to the many Germans each year who are abducted by…
Fortunetelling Permits Freely Available in San Francisco
Also permits for necromancy.
Battle of the Bigfoot Researchers
From today’s Bay-Area-case-reporting service: Marin County Superior Court C. Thomas Biscardi v. Great American Bigfoot Research Organization Inc.; Carole Rubin aka "Ruby" Rubin; Robert Shorey; Does; CV062655 (filed 7/11/2006) Action for breach of contract, common counts and and unlawful appropriation…
Virginia Governor Pardons Witch
Last Monday, Virginia Governor Timothy Kaine pardoned Grace Sherwood, who was described as "Virginia’s only person convicted as a witch tried by water." So I guess she may not have been the only person Virginia has tried that way, but…