Jake |
August 30, 2010
This is a real complaint and “law suit” filed by one prisoner of South Carolina. It’s actually so ridiculous, I had a hard time believing it to be true. But this just takes the cake and is easily one of the most fascinatingly ridiculous claims I’ve ever read in my life. Enough of the bantering, let’s take a look at ‘Riches vs Vick’.
According to Above The Law, plaintiff Jonathan Riches has been increasingly irritated by Micheal Vick (yes, the football player). In fact, Mr. Riches, while in prison, was able to determine that Micheal Vick has “pledged allegiance to the Al-Qaeda”, “is in the steroid business”, “subjected him to microwave testing” and even “uses drugs in school zones”. Of course all of this hadn’t take place before the stay at prison, but according to Riches, these things had identity theft (of Riches), illegal dog fighting, extortion, racketeering and tax fraud.
So, as the plaintiff, what does Mr. Riches want? A “63,000,000,000 billion dollars” return for ‘damages’, backed by gold and silver… As wildly entertaining as this is, I have to question what he means with that asking price. And the audacity to ask for it backed by gold and silver? Oh, he’d also like a restraining order, too (because you never know when a player of the Falcons is going to harass you in your own cell). Hilarious enough, this complaint to file suit was actually sent to The District of Columbia.
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Posted in Dumb Lawsuits
| Tagged Backed by Gold and Silver, Conspiracy, Constitution, Extortion, Michael Vick, Prison, Prisoner, South Carolina, Tax Fraud
steve |
August 17, 2010
According to TMZ.com, “Iron Chef” Mario Batali is being served a hot bowl of litigation soup. Former employees of Mario Batali’s restaurants have filed a lawsuit claiming Mario and his business partner were running a tip-stealing scheme. In short, the former employees were screwed out of money!
This isn’t the first time Mario Batali has been involved in a legal battle. A similar lawsuit was filed against his New York restaurant Babbo. Deja vu? Coincidence? Unlikely but Mario Batali will have his day in court to defend his innocence.
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Posted in Celebrity Lawsuits
| Tagged Chef Mario Batali, Iron Chef, LA County Superior Court, Stealing Tips, Super Chef, TMZ
Jake |
August 10, 2010
This, more so than anything, qualifies under the “weird” branch. Thinking anyone would be around to see this was unlikely, but it happened anyway. You may remember a few months back when Arizona wrote in a new law against immigration concerning the Mexican border.
There was much protest and deliberation over the law. Some even found it unconstitutional. One of the parties that found the new legislation all but constitutional had been the Federal Government. Instead of debating with Arizona, the Federal Justice Department sued.
And who did they sue? Arizona. Apparently, the lawsuit was anticipated since mid-June and comes from beneath the Obama administration. The main complaint of the administration was that Arizona’s law denies the Federal Government control and supremacy over immigration control… But, wasn’t there a place in the constitution that allowed states to defend their borders?
Arizona’s new law was supposed to take effect sometime around July 29th, but this suit prevents it from doing so. The news is somewhat old, but because we happen to be only a week after the initial induction date of the ill-fated law, an update was required. We’ll have to wait and see, however. No word has been mentioned since the new “state-vs-the-union” event.
Source: New York Times
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| Tagged Arizona Immigration Law, New York Times, SB 1070, SB1070, Senate Bill 1070
