Word: plaintiffs
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Sugar Ray claimed the large round sum on the ground that Winchell's pufflicity implied "intimate dealings with gamblers, that plaintiff had been engaged in gambling orgies and that he was heavily indebted to various gamblers, shady characters and persons of ill repute." The item, he said, had caused him "great pain and mental anguish," and had held him up "to contempt and reproach...
...country's solemn passions, Bonaparte and bicycle racing. But so outraged at the "indecent parody" was retired Toulouse Lawyer Francois Bousgarbiès, 79, that the peppery little patriot haled the network into court for what the French press gleefully called "the new Battle of Waterloo." Demanded Plaintiff Bousgarbiès: the network must apologize to the nation, destroy the film and pay him 1 franc (20?) in symbolic damages...
...network, Defense Lawyer Yves Perisse scornfully declared that Plaintiff Bousgarbiès (who saw the show in a restaurant) did not even own a TV set, had not paid a TV tax, and thus had no right to complain of being "psychically traumatized." Not only is it perfectly legitimate to satirize historic figures, said Perisse, but the Toulouse court lacked jurisdiction over a show originating in Paris. Equally scornful, Bousgarbiès' lawyer, Georges Boyer, replied that the Code Napoleon entitles every Frenchman to bring suit in his own city. And Boyer solemnly added: "There is no statute...
...Amateur championship, a onetime Westchester County judge appointed by his fellow Republican, Governor Rockefeller. As in all custody cases, he was solely concerned with the children's welfare. Firmly shutting his courtroom door to all but the witnesses, the parties and their lawyers, Gagliardi summoned Plaintiff Rockefeller to prove what he cryptically called her "allegations to the effect that the personalities and even the health of one or more of the infants are being adversely affected...
...number of merchants sued New York City and collected for damage done during the Harlem riots of 1935 and 1943. Under similar state laws, cities in Illinois and New Jersey have been sued for damage caused by strikes as well as riots. Restrictions on the plaintiff are few. A merchant cannot collect if he himself helped to incite the rioters-by illegally giving them liquor, for example. He probably cannot collect for lost business, only for real property damaged or carried away. Beyond that, the law is all on his side...