Law Student Has Not Learned Not to Steal
Law student by day, cat burglar by night. A judge in Australia has sentenced Phillip Ryan See, 27, to over four years in jail for robbing 43 homes in the suburbs of Sydney, where he was also studying for a…
2006
Endangered Species Rescued from Smuggler’s Pants
Robert Cusack was sentenced to five and a half months in prison for smuggling a variety of endangered species into the United States from Thailand in 2002. In addition to the four birds of paradise and 50 rare orchids that…
Deer Season Cited As Basis for Motion to Continue Trial Date
To the list of possible reasons for seeking a continuance, you can now add the start of deer-hunting season, at least if you live in Arkansas. John Hall, the attorney for Bobby Junior Cox (not “Bobby Cox, Jr.,” but “Bobby…
Man Injures Self When Assaulting Biker Gang
In all the stories I’ve seen to date that involve a motorcycle gang being attacked for no reason by one guy with a pool cue, stories that so far I’ve only seen in my mind, the bulk of the injuries…
Man on Trial for Computer Theft Steals Courthouse Computers
39-year-old Jon Eipp of Novato, California, pled guilty on Monday to charges including computer theft, his defense in a pending jury trial on those claims having been somewhat weakened by evidence that he stole six computers from the courthouse during…
Ninth Circuit Rejects Right-to-Land-Personal-Jet Case
While the Ninth Circuit is often labeled as a "liberal" court that will accept virtually any civil-rights claim, don’t tell that to Ron Tutor, who is still unable to land his private jet at the airport in Hailey, Idaho. In…
How Law Evolves in Serbia
According to Judge Omer Hadziomerovic of the Belgrade District Court, Serbian legal culture has a long way to go, but TV is helping: We have a low level of legal culture . . . . There is little understanding of…
Case Least Likely to Be Successful on Appeal to the Ninth Circuit
One called Ignacio v. Judges of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. All the judges. If you really need a reason, it’s something called “the rule of necessity.” As in, if you sue all the judges…
Ninth Circuit Ruling Should Protect Advertising Mascots in Western U.S.
Here’s a follow-up to the story from a couple of weeks ago about McHenry, Illinois, trying to ban costumed advertising mascots. The Ninth Circuit actually ruled this week that a Washington city’s similar attempt to ban "portable signs" violated the…
Defective Hairpiece Blamed for Cardiac Arrest
Paul Lewis and Paula Wood of Milford, Connecticut, are locked in litigation over a disputed hairpiece that Lewis says gave him a heart attack. Not directly. Lewis says that he bought the hairpiece for $1200 from Paula’s Wig Boutique in…