Going with my recent fascination with humorous court opinions, I found this little beauty: Noble v. Bradford 789 F. Supp. 395 (1992). Basically, the case is about removal jurisdiction, which the District Judge comically denies. »

An invention exists most importantly as a tangible structure or a series of drawings. A verbal portrayal is usually an afterthought written to satisfy the requirements of patent law. This conversion of machine to words allows for unintended idea gaps which cannot be satisfactorily filled. Often the invention is novel and words do not... »

I believe this is a recipe from Emeril originally called, "Kicked up Jambalaya." It have proven to be one of the most effective comfort foods, providing both cajun flavor and leftovers to get me through the week. In my opinion, this is the best recipe and having grown up in Louisiana, I'd say my... »

You may be interested to know that up until recently, lawyers and judges wore wigs to court. The first rules governing judicial dress were formally prescribed in 1635 under the Judges' Rules. According to the Judges' Rules, an appropriately dressed judge of this time would have worn a black robe faced with miniver (light... »

Well, apparently you can try. In Lodi v. Lodi, plaintiff and defendant Orestre Lodi tried to sue himself for an “Action to Quiet Title Equity” in regards to an estate he was the beneficiary of. Lodi properly served himself, and when he failed to respond, moved for default judgement against himself. The trial court,... »

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. »

It has been rendered the solemn duty of the Supreme Court of the United States ... to decide What Is Golf.... and it will henceforth be the Law of the Land, that walking is not a 'fundamental' aspect of golf. »

In order to establish a cause of action based on negligent conduct, or any other type of tortious conduct, the plaintiff usually must establish that the defendant's conduct caused the plaintiff's claimed damages »

The following five distinct elements are essential to a negligence claim under tort law: duty, breach of duty, cause in fact, proximate cause, and actual damages »

An action for trespass is designed to protect an owner's interest in exclusive possession of real or personal property in its intact physical condition. Therefore, a trespass is an injury to property committed by one not rightfully in possession. A trespasser is one who enters onto the property of another without any right or... »

The action of false imprisonment descends from the the common law writ of trespass and is one of the oldest causes of action in our legal system. An action for false imprisonment is intended to compensate an injured plaintiff whose freedom of movement has been unjustifiably hindered. In other words, when an individual is... »

Proximate Cause differs from cause in fact, although together they make causation for purposes of negligence. Courts will also interchange phrases. In order to prove proximate cause, the plaintiff has to show that the causal relationship between the defendant's conduct and the plaintiff's injury was not too attenuated, remote, or freakish to justify imposing... »