December 16, 2007
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Apologies to the five people who read this blog--I've been too busy trying to save the world from evil. And let me tell you, it is tough work trying to get Nintendo to ship out more Wiis, Senator Mitchell to tell us how his romantic novel "Baseball Players Love Needles in their Butt" is coming along, and Britney Spears to show up for a court-appointed deposition. But the dirty work is paying off--except for the deposition thing. Give me a break, people, you know it's impossible to get crazies to things they're supposed to do!
Anyway, I'm taking a break from my righteous antics to study for a final--but I'm taking a break from that to share one of the funniest hypotheticals I have ever read:
Grandmother files a personal injury suit in state court against Red Riding Hood, who lives in another state. The juridsiction has no long-arm statute. In order to get Red into the jurisdiction so process can be served on her, Grandmother sends her a letter saying she is very ill and begging for a visit. Grandmother is, in fact, in robust good health and can bench press 300 lbs. Red comes to visit. Just before her arrival, the process server, B. B. Wolf, pretending to be Grandmother, dresses in her nightie and sits in her bed eating bon bons and watching Wheel of Fortune. When Red shows up, she says, "My, Grandma, what big hands you have!" Wolf responds, "The better to serve you with!" and slaps the court papers into Red's hand. Red files a motion to quash the service on grounds of fraud. Will she prevail?
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha x 1 million.
Comments (12)
Sounds like a 1L prepping for a Civ Pro! Clever prof you have there with the "Better to serve you with"... if only real exams were that simple and entertaining
there was a case in some jurisdiction where there was a granny who never left her place because of a process server. one day he just yelled out, "fire!" and she came running out and she was served and the service was upheld. so i think this hypo is okay too? i like crim, not civ pro.
nerdy law humor shall consume you... =P
nerdy law humor rocks. and i think you'd like our game of POM, POND, or PODD
you're page is very endearing. =]
LOL
i'm a law student too but this is definitely the best 'case' i've come across... good work!
u wouldnt mind me subscribing would u? i need some entertaining read every now and then
oh man, i'm in civ pro now, i hope our test is like that. i mean i'll probably fail regardless but at least i'll get a good laugh out of it.
Reminds me of a case involving a wanted criminal (I think he is an arms dealer) hiding in Libya ... obviously Libya does not have extradition treaty with the US. However, the CIA (I think) was able to basically lure the guy back to the US under a elaborate weave of falsehoods. The guy, is dumb enough or so bored in Libya, believes the lies and lands in the US and was promptly arrested. So I guess my answer is no unless fraud under interstate is different than international fraud even though the premise is equivalent.
I'm so confused after reading those other comments! Especially that last one. Intestate/Interstate. Ack! I remember some of these terms from my real estate classes! And my real estate law class last year....And I'm not a lawyer, so it's all too much for me!
So have you graduated law school yet? I am in my first year.