Unusual Lawsuits Category Archives: Unusual Lawsuits

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Schneider

YANKSTON, S.D. (Legal Newsline) – ABC News is being sued by a South Dakota meat processing company for $1.2 billion.
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Riches

CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) – A former prison inmate known for the thousands of lawsuits he has filed is now claiming, in a recent federal court filing in West Virginia, that rapper Kanye West and girlfriend, reality television star Kim Kardashian, are “terrorists.” Read More »

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Cudahy

CHICAGO (Legal Newsline) – A federal appeals court this month ruled that the use of a viral video by the popular animated television show “South Park” is permissible under the First Amendment. Read More »

WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) – Author William Peter Blatty is suing to have Georgetown University, the nation’s oldest Catholic university, sanctioned for violating the precepts of Catholic education. Blatty is preparing a canon lawsuit in conjunction with the Cardinal Newman Society. … Read More »

PASADENA, Calif. (Legal Newsline) – The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has cleared the name of an attorney it portrayed as having stolen documents related to attorney’s fight to claim possession of Superman. Attorney David Michaels says … Read More »

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Ruth

EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (Legal Newsline) – Madison County, Ill., Circuit Judge Dennis Ruth on Wednesday granted Plaintiff Ronald Ball’s withdrawal of a motion for default judgment against defendant Pepsico, Inc. and Pepsi Cola General Bottlers.
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McMahon

CHICAGO (Legal Newsline) – Former Chicago Bears quarterback Jim McMahon has been sued by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.
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Coon

BEAUMONT, Texas (Legal Newsline) – Asbestos attorney Brent Coon recently filed a motion for sanctions in a petition brought by a Beaumont, Texas-area political commentator, calling the litigation frivolous.
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