
On April 1, 2010, the judge signed an order in the husband’s favor.

In In Re Marriage of Mosley, a husband filed a post-divorce motion to modify spousal and child support based on a change in his financial circumstances.a) In Westlaw,locate the box entitled “Secondary Sources.” Select “Journals and Law Reviews.” b) In the search box at the top of the screen, enter the search terms: “april fool” /p “Judge Smith.”Ī common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools. ~Douglas Adams Surprisingly, many attorneys, as well as the publisher of the unofficial reports, “bit ‘the April Fish.’”Locate a law review article that discusses this opinion, and find within the article the title of another fictitious opinion authored by Judge Smith. Etienne d’Avril, in which the Arkansas Supreme Court appeared to hold that the legislature had repealed all statutory law in Arkansas. ~Mark Twain In 1968, Judge George Rose Smith authored an opinion in a fictitious case, J.R. But for them the rest of us could not succeed. Southwest Airlines.” b) Select “legal opinions and journals.”

a) In Google Scholar, enter the phrase “Fuerschbach v. Provide the citation for this case and name the Albuquerque statute under which the plaintiff sued. Pranking was part of a Southwest Airlines tradition celebrating the end of an employee’s probationary period with the company. Southwest Airlines, a New Mexico case, an employee sued her employer, her supervisor, the city of Albequerque, and police officers after two police officers handcuffed and “arrested” the employee as part of a prank. The aim of a joke is not to degrade the human being, but to remind him that he is already degraded. c) At the top of the next screen, limit your search to “the past 12 months” and pull up the article entitled: “A fake tax rattles classic car buffs.”.b) In the search box in the upper left-hand corner, enter the term “april fool” and click search.(This article appeared next to another fake article, a study showing that recreational polka dancers display lower rates of colon cancer, perhaps because of their diet of kielbasa and stuffed cabbage.) Provide a citation to the article. Hundreds of classic car lovers were angered by the “proposed tax” and began to organize against the fictitious threat. Schumer, to close the federal deficit, was proposing a federal tax on specialty automobiles. In 2011, The New York Times reported that the Shelby American Automobile Club in Connecticut had printed a fake front page of The New York Times, alleging that Senator Charles E.The trouble with practical jokes is that very often they get elected. Using the citation 17 Cal.App.4th 655, find the correct volume and.Under, US State Law, select California, then Cal.Open, and select Legal Research & Law Practice:.The Court found no defamation because the parody was not subtle and therefore “the average reader would recognize the April Fool's issue as a parody.” In addition to the special labeling of the parody section, what did The Guardian do to indicate that there was something different about this edition of the paper? While the Superior Court denied the motion, the California Court of Appeals reversed.The Guardian sought summary judgment on the grounds that Sparks is a local celebrity and “that the parody section of the paper was an obvious April Fool's joke which could not be taken as fact.” Adam Sparks, one of the “targets” of the parody, sued The Guardian the following year for libel. On March 27, 1991, The San Francisco Bay Guardian issued its weekly edition of the paper, including a specially.Absentee winners will be contacted by email.ĭon't give cherries to pigs or advice to fools. ~Irish Proverb Although you need not be present to win, winners in attendance will have the opportunity to select their prize, and may even receive bonus prizes. The drawing will take place outside the library entrance on April 3 at 5:30 PM.


The official raffle drum for completed entries is located at the Reference Desk in the Library. No foolin’! Complete this Info Hunt and submit your answer sheet by Tuesday, April 3rd at 5:00 pm to enter the drawing. APRIL FOOL’s day Info hunt April Fool’s Day is no joke in the Mendik Library! Here’s an opportunity to be entered into a drawing to WIN research aids, study guides and cool study tools.
