Here's More Newsworthy Litigation Materials Divided Into 3 Broad & Overlapping Areas:
Legislation & Government; Business Litigation; and Cases with 'Celebrity' Parties.

'CELEBRITY' CASES
Debet esse finis litium. - There ought to be an end of law suits.
Vescere bracis meis. - Eat my shorts.

• 1/96 Complaint Against Dave Letterman by Woman He Ridiculed, 4k
  
  
• Dennis Rodman's 5/96 Unfair Competition/Invasion of Publicity Complaint, 21k
  
  
• What to do w/Jeffrey Dahmer's Brain 10/95 Hearing, 25k
• Jeff Dahlmer's Snacks Led to this 3/95 Pre-Trial Order, 21k
  
  
• Random House's Complaint Against Joan Collins, 25k
• Joan Collins' Answer to Random House Complaint, 19k
  
  
• 'Palimony' Complaint Against Bob Dylan in L.A. Superior Court, 28k
  
  
• Steve Spielberg's L.A. Complaint Against Former Backer, 11k
  
  
• Civil Complaint Against 'Subway Vigilante' Bernie Goetz - filed '85 & tried '96, 10k
  
  
• F.Lee Bailey's 2/96 Emergency Motion to Avoid Jail, 29k, Zip
• Flee's 3/96 Reply to Gov't's Opposition to His Motion to Avoid Jail, 18k
• 3/96 11th Cir Denial of Flee's Motion to Delay Jail, 3k
  

LEGISLATION & GOVERNMENT
If the laws could speak for themselves, they would complain of the lawyers in the first place. - Lord Halifax

• 9th Circuit Says Calif's Gas Chamber is Cruel & Unusual Punishment, 35k
  
  
• Supreme's 6/96 OK of Below-Guideline Sentences for Cops Who Beat Rodney King, 28k, Zip
  
  
• US Immigration Appeals 5/96 Hearing on Asylum for Female Circumcision Fear, 25k, Zip
  
  
• Romer v. Evans, 5/96, Supreme's say Colorado 'Anti-Gay' Const Amend Unconstitutional, 26k, Zip
  
  
• Supreme's OK Forfeiture of Innocent Owner's Property, 3/96, 25k, Zip
  
  
• Fed Judge Rules Prosecution of Non-Indian Peyote Dealer Unconstitutional, 43k
• The Supreme's Smith Peyote Decision & the Compelling Gov't Interest Test, 5k
  
  
• NY Fed Judge's 1/96 Unpopular Ruling Tossing Evidence on Drug Dealer... Later Retracted, 45k
  
  
• Orange County's Bankruptcy Petitions w/Lists of Creditors, 15k
• Bob Citron's 4/95 Plea & Sentencing Agreement, 9k
  
  
• 9th Circuit's 9/95 Decision on Brady Bill Constitutionality, 45k
  
  
• 9th Cir. Says Right to Die is Constitutionally Protected, 109k, Zip
• Michigan Court of Appeals' 5/95 Decision on Dr. Kevorkian, 18k
  

BUSINESS RELATED CASES
The one great principle of the English law is to make business for itself. There is no other principle so
distinctly, certainly, & consistently maintained through all its narrow turnings. - Charles Dickens

• BMW v. Gore, 5/96, Supremes say Excessive Punitives Violate Due Process, 47k, Zip
  
  
• '96 Civil Complaint Against Libya et al for Flight 103 Bombing, 10k
  
  
• Perkins v. Valujet Airlines, 5/96 Wrongful Death Suit Claiming Negligence, 15k
• 6/96 Complaint to FAA for Emerg Order Revocating Valujet's Operating Certificate, 13k
  
  
• Mahlum v. Dow Chemical, 11/95 Jury Verdict (Breast Implant Case), 4k
  
  
• Press Release re Daiwa Bank Criminal Indictment, 11/95, 7k
• 11/95 Criminal Complaint & Indictment of Daiwa Bank, 55k
  
  
• FTC's 5/96 Complaint against Toys "R" Us for Unfair Competition, 13k
  
  
• Jeff Katzenberg's 4/96 Breach of Contract Complaint Against Walt Disney Co., 14k
• Disney's Answer to Katzenberg's Breech of Employment Contract Complaint, 12k
  
  
• 5th Cir's 5/96 Decertification of Ala. Tobacco Addiction Suit Plaintiff Class, 26k, Zip
• 3/96 Liggett Tobacco Group's Class Action Settlement Agrmnt, 55k
• Chong v. Columbia, Fed Complaint Charging Discrimination against Smoking Employees, 8k

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