Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Happy April Fools!

I love Aprils Fools day. I've played pranks on my roommates before and my parents. One year I took tiny little flashing lights from stickers I got at the bar I worked at and placed them in every crevice and drawer and blank space in my freshman year roommate's room. Good think Maryam didn't have epilepsy, and good thing she also has a great sense of humor because we are still friends to this day.
I didn't have time, nor the frame of mind to play a prank on anyone (though I did consider telling my parents that I'm engaged now, but that would have required me going to their house, which I just don't have time for right now). So I thought I would post here some of the funniest cases I have come across in my many law searches. I knew keeping them on a random sheet on my computer would come in handy sometime!
So here they are... in no particular order:
  • Schmuck v. United States 489 U.S. 705 (1989)
  • United States v. Vampire Nation, 451 F.3d 189 (3d Cir. 2006)
  • United States v. 2,116 Boxes of Boned Beef, etc., 726 F.2d 1481
  • United States v. One Lucite Ball Containing Lunar Material (One Moon Rock) and One Ten Inch by Fourteen Inch Wooden Plaque, 252 F. Supp. 2d 1367 (S.D. Fla. 2003).
  • 7 Fifths Old Grand-Dad Whiskey v. United States, 330 U.S. 828
  • Cummer v. Butts, 40 Mich. 322 (Mich. 1879).
  • United States ex rel. Mayo v. Satan and his Staff, 54 F.R.D. 282 (W.D.Pa. 1971) (leave to proceed in forma pauperis denied in view of questions of personal jurisdiction over defendants)
  • Wiener v. United States, 357 U.S. 349 (1958) - Opinion delivered by Justice Frankfurter
  • United States v. Article Consisting of 50,000 Cardboard Boxes More or Less, Each Containing One Pair of Clacker Balls, 413 F. Supp. 1281 (D. Wisc. 1976
  • Juicy Whip v. Orange Bang, 185 F.3d 1364 (Fed. Cir. 1999).
  • good ol' Loving v. Virginia for allowed interracial marriages - how can you beat Mr. and Mr. Loving standing up for true love??
  • United States v. Bad Marriage, 439 F.3d 534 (9th Cir. 2005).

and finally... what is my favorite one:

  • U. S. v. 43 1/2 Gross Rubber Prophylactics Labeled in Part ""Xcello's Prophylactics"", 65 F.Supp. 534, 536 (D.Minn. Feb 11, 1946)

if you have more... feel free to post them in the comments and I'll add them on!!!

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