Case Law Hall of Fame
Bradshaw v. Unity Marine Corp. (S.D. Tex. 2001) ("Both attorneys have obviously entered into a secret pact . . . to draft their pleadings entirely in crayon on the back sides of gravy-stained paper place mats, in the hope that the Court would be so charmed by their child-like efforts that their utter dearth of legal authorities in their briefing would go unnoticed.").
Denny v. Radar Industries (Mich. Ct. App. 1971) ("Appellant [tried to distinguish his case.] He didn't. We couldn't. Affirmed.")
Fisher v. Lowe (Mich. Ct. App. 1983) ("We thought that we would never see/A suit to compensate a tree"). Bonus points: Westlaw did the summary and headnotes in verse, too.
Lodi v. Lodi (Cal. Ct. App. 1985) ("This case started when plaintiff Oreste Lodi sued himself in the Shasta County Superior Court.").
Miles v. City Council (S.D. Ga. 1982) (relating the story of Blackie the Talking Cat).
Moore v. Moore (Mo. Ct. App. 1960) (recognizing husband's right to fish without female interference, but ruling that minor infringements on it are not grounds for divorce; also finding that the term "hillbilly" is not an insult, at least when used in Southern Missouri).
Noble v. Bradford Marine Inc. (S.D. Fla. 1992) (ruling, not long after "Wayne's World" was released, that "very excellent" authorities showed that removal to federal court was "most bogus and way improvident"; ordering defendants to "party on in state court.").
Norman v. Reagan (D. Or. 1982) (dismissing case against former President Reagan for allegedly causing plaintiff's "civil death" and also certain unspecified claims regarding a suspicious mailbox).
Pardue v. Turnage (La. App. 1980) ("An exhaustive reading of the entire record convinces this court that Kenneth Turnage did give his stuffed bear to the Lessards. For the trial court to find otherwise was manifest error.").
People v. Foranyic (Cal. Ct. App. 1998) (ruling that there was probable cause for police to detain someone they see riding a bike at 3 a.m., carrying an axe).
Stambovsky v. Ackley (N.Y. 1991) (holding that a homebuyer could seek recission of sale contract based on his claim that he did not know house was allegedly haunted by poltergeists; based on estoppel, court ruled that "as a matter of law, the house is haunted").
United States ex rel. Mayo v. Satan and His Staff (W.D. Pa. 1971) (dismissing case against Satan and unidentified staff members for lack of jurisdiction and uncertainty as to whether case could properly be maintained as a class action).
Washington v. Alaimo (S.D. Ga. 1996) (ordering plaintiff to show cause why he should not be sanctioned for "filing a motion for improper purposes," such as those hinted at in the title of the pleading, "Motion to Kiss My Ass.")
