{"id":16988,"date":"2013-10-30T14:25:31","date_gmt":"2013-10-30T18:25:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sidebarforplaintiffs.naomifein.net\/?p=16988"},"modified":"2013-10-30T14:25:31","modified_gmt":"2013-10-30T18:25:31","slug":"lawsuit-of-the-century-south-dakota-v-fifteen-impounded-cats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sidebarforplaintiffs.naomifein.net\/?p=16988","title":{"rendered":"Lawsuit of the century? “South Dakota v. Fifteen Impounded Cats”"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have just discovered a legal blog called “Lowering the Bar: Legal humor. Seriously.”<\/a> And I’m in love! Because what they write about is actual legal stuff that reads like satire.<\/p>\n

Here’s the beginning of one case I just landed on:<\/p>\n

In this case\u2014now also appearing on the Comical Case Names<\/a> page\u2014the Supreme Court of South Dakota grappled with legal issues arising from an officer’s decision to impound fifteen cats he found roaming around a woman’s car. South Dakota v. Fifteen Impounded Cats<\/a>, 785 N.W.2d 272 (S.D. 2010).\u00a0In a split decision, the justices rejected the woman’s arguments that the evidence was insufficient to support the cat seizure and that said seizure violated her constitutional rights.<\/em><\/p>\n

The cats were not actually parties to the case.<\/em><\/p>\n

You do want to read on, don’t you? Please. Feel free: South Dakota v. Fifteen Impounded Cats – Lowering the Bar<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I have just discovered a legal blog called “Lowering the Bar: Legal humor. Seriously.” And I’m in love! Because what they write about is actual legal stuff that reads like satire. Here’s the beginning of one case I just landed … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[337],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-legal-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t