Category: Legal
U.S. v. Approximately 64,695 Pounds of Shark Fins.
Asset forfeiture involving 32 tons of shark fins. (via)
Post date: Tuesday, March 18th, 2008.
David “None of the Above” Gatchell.
Man running for governor of Tennessee legally changes his middle name to None of the above. (via)
Post date: Thursday, July 20th, 2006.
Section L of Chapter 265 of the Texas Administrative Code.
Texas law that has abolished high diving boards from swimming pools. (via)
Post date: Wednesday, May 24th, 2006.
Great Ape Project.
Spanish Socialist Party to introduce a bill proposing equal rights be given to apes.
Post date: Wednesday, April 26th, 2006.
Save sasquatch.
Bigfoot has been granted full protection by the Johor government.
Post date: Monday, April 24th, 2006.
Free Bob.
Campaign to free a stuffed moose head that was confiscated from its owner for trying to sell it on eBay.
Post date: Wednesday, April 5th, 2006.
Apology Act.
British Columbia is passing a law making it legal for people and companies to apologize. (via)
Post date: Wednesday, March 29th, 2006.
The end.
Frozen French couple are forced to be cremated after their cryongenic freezer brakes.
Post date: Monday, March 20th, 2006.
Freedmen.
African Americans whose ancestors were Native American slaves are suing to become tribal citizens. (via)
Post date: Tuesday, February 21st, 2006.
Beer-for-your-horses bill.
South Dakota legalizes drunken horse riding and bike riding.
Post date: Friday, February 17th, 2006.
The Syndicate®.
Online gaming community trademarks their guild name.
Post date: Friday, February 3rd, 2006.
Functional magnetic resonance imaging.
Brain-scanning technolgy that detects lying may soon be admissible as evidence in courts of law.
Post date: Sunday, January 29th, 2006.
Probable forgery.
Pennsylvania man signs his name as ‘God‘.
Post date: Saturday, January 28th, 2006.
Workers comp.
Insurance underwriter wins lawsuit against her employer for tripping over a stack of claims forms. (via)
Post date: Friday, January 27th, 2006.
Cryonics movement.
Rich people, dubbed cryonauts, are creating trust funds that they can reclaim when their bodies are unfrozen and reanimated in the future. (via)
Post date: Monday, January 23rd, 2006.
Loophole.
Thai man busted in Singapore for dealing drugs escapes caning by getting a sex change.
Post date: Saturday, January 21st, 2006.
Lend me your ears.
Forensic anthropologist to testify in bank robbery case about the accused man’s earlobes.
Post date: Wednesday, January 11th, 2006.
Peace out.
British driver banned one year from driving for flashing the “V-sign” at a speed camera. (via)
Post date: Wednesday, January 11th, 2006.
Burden of proof.
Italian judge orders priest to prove that Jesus Christ existed. (via)
Post date: Tuesday, January 3rd, 2006.
Middle initial ‘H’.
New York man legally changes his name to Jesus Christ. (via)
Post date: Monday, December 26th, 2005.
Naked Rambler.
Man defending charges of being naked in public shows up to court naked.
Post date: Tuesday, December 20th, 2005.
Christ air.
Skateboarder who invented the “ollie” skate trick is suing large corporations like Disney and Sega for copyright infringement.
Post date: Friday, December 9th, 2005.
Dying prohibited.
Brazillian mayor proposing for law making it illegal to die.
Post date: Friday, December 9th, 2005.
Wrongful life.
Disabled Australian woman suing doctor for letting her be born. (via)
Post date: Wednesday, November 16th, 2005.
Atlatl.
Pennsylvania Game Commission to allow use of prehistoric weapon for deer hunting. (via)
Post date: Wednesday, November 16th, 2005.
Storsjo monster.
Mythical creature protected as endangered species by Swedish government now fair game for hunters. (via)
Post date: Friday, November 11th, 2005.
Sue the Maker.
Romanian prisoner sues God for failing to save him from the devil.
Post date: Monday, October 17th, 2005.
Shafted.
Swedish sperm donor ordered by court to pay child support.
Post date: Thursday, October 13th, 2005.
Animal tracking.
Japanese legislation would require owners of dangerous animals to have tracking microchips implanted into their pets in case they got loose.
Post date: Thursday, October 13th, 2005.
Sin city.
Bankrupt New Orleans may have to start releasing prisoners.
Post date: Friday, October 7th, 2005.
Will I get it?
Brazilian psychic is claiming that the United States owes him the $25 million reward for providing the hiding place of Saddam Hussein.
Post date: Friday, October 7th, 2005.
Truth in Age Act.
A bill is being debated that, if passed, will date the lives of all Americans from conception, making everyone 9 months older. (via)
Post date: Thursday, October 6th, 2005.
His bad.
God officially blamed for a 2003 ferry disaster. (via)
Post date: Tuesday, October 4th, 2005.
Naked man.
Suspect pleading to a felony charge of public nudity strips out of his jumpsuit twice during the courtroom hearing. (via)
Post date: Friday, September 16th, 2005.
Cometdigger.
Russian astrologer is suing NASA for smashing the Deep Impact probe into a comet and ‘ruining her predictions‘. (via)
Post date: Thursday, September 15th, 2005.
Got sex ever?
Real-life 40-year-old virgins are suing Universal Pictures for making ‘them very uncomfortable’ with the soon-to-be-realeased “The 40-Year-Old Virginâ€. (via)
Post date: Thursday, September 1st, 2005.
We the sons of Mesopotamia.
Full text of the draft Iraqi Constitution. (via)
Post date: Wednesday, August 31st, 2005.
Too late.
Innocent maid criminally convicted and executed in 1945 posthumously pardoned in Georgia.
Post date: Tuesday, August 30th, 2005.
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