Excessively Funny Damages
Malloy v. City of New York, 1996 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 4954, “The prisoner’s pleadings alleged that, while he was confined as a pre-trial detainee in a city jail, the officer smacked him once across the face after the prisoner made certain remarks to him and a female officer…. [P]laintiff demands the following relief… (1) “989 thousand billion trillion dollars; (2) everything the City of New York owns; (3) everything the State of New York owns; and (4) release from state prison without parole. (Id. P V)”
Wedington v. United States Marshals, 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 104618, “Petitioner is attempting to sue… because [a] U.S. Marshal confiscated plaintiffs [sic] wallet containing driver’s license, merchant seaman I.D., and jet pilot’s licence along with 203 of the $ 5,500,000 billion trillion ton dollar bills and a few $ 1,000.00 dollar bills.”
Tignor v. Columbia Gas of Ohio, 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 38289, “Plaintiff is a resident of Ohio. The only named defendant is Columbia Gas of Ohio, also an Ohio resident. Although the complaint is not entirely clear, plaintiff appears to allege that defendant improperly billed plaintiff for gas used by another person. Plaintiff seeks monetary damages in the amount of ’120,000 billion trillion.’”
Ortiz v. United States, 2005 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 25187, “…in response to the question whether he has any cash or money in a savings or checking account, question no. 2 of the Application to Proceed In Forma Pauperis, plaintiff informs the Court that he has ’20 billion trillion in California.’ Whatever plaintiff may mean by this statement, it is clear that he has not submitted by I.F.P. Data Sheet showing the history of his inmate trust account for the previous six months and has, therefore, failed to cure all of the deficiencies noted. It appears plaintiff has abandoned his suit and his claims for relief.”
Meadows v. Chevron, U.S.A., Inc., 142 F.R.D. 44 “Plaintiff alleged a claim to one-eighth (1/8) of all of the oil, gas, minerals, royalties, or any other substances of value removed, produced, or saved from ‘Spindletop….’ [T]he theory was meritless…. [and] ordered the administrator and his counsel to pay attorneys’ fees and costs of defendants of about $85,000…. [A]s a final note, this court has been inundated and bombarded with letters, tapes, etc., stating there are numerous claimants to the “untold billions or trillions” of dollars due to the heirs and kinsmen of Meadows. These have been in the form of letters and calls to the judge’s secretary, law clerks, and the District Clerk’s office. In addition, the court has received ex parte video tapes of meetings and two or three audio tapes of telephone conversations. Copies of these letters and tapes are all ORDERED filed with the clerk’s office for custodial purposes. The originals will be available to any other governmental agency which seeks to review them, or the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. None of these communications have any bearing on the issues before the court, nor has the court considered them for any purpose.”
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