Strange Laws :

• In Ottumwa, Iowa,
  "It is unlawful for any male person, within the corporate limits of the (city), to wink at any female person with whom he is unacquainted."
  
  
• In Los Angeles,
  "You cannot bathe two babies in the same tub at the same time."
  
  
• In Zion, Ill.,
  " It is illegal for anyone to give lighted cigars to dogs, cats, and other domesticated animals kept as pets."
  
  
• In Carmel, N.Y.,
  "A man can't go outside while wearing a jacket and pants that do not match."
  
  
• In St. Louis,
  "It's illegal to sit on the curb of any city street and drink beer from a bucket."
  
  
• In Hartford, Conn.,
  "You aren't allowed to cross a street while walking on your hands."
  
  
• In Baltimore,
  "It's illegal to throw bales of hay from a second-story window within the city limits. It's also illegal to take a lion to the movies."
  
  
• In Oxford, Ohio,
  "It's illegal for a woman to strip off her clothing while standing in front of a man's picture."
  
  
• In Carrizozo, N.M.,
  "It's forbidden for a female to appear unshaven in public (includes legs and face)."
  
  
• In Pennsylvania,
  "It is illegal to have over 16 women live in a house together because that constitutes a brothel... however up to 120 men can live together, without breaking the law."
  
  
• In Michigan,
  "A woman isn't allowed to cut her own hair without her husband's permission."
  
  
• In Pennsylvania,
  "Any motorist driving along a country road at night must stop every mile and send up a rocket signal, wait 10 minutes for the road to be cleared of livestock, and continue."
  
  
• In Kentucky,
  "No female shall appear in a bathing suit on any highway within this state unless she be escorted by at least two officers or unless she be armed with a club."
  
  
• An amendment to the above legislation:
  "The provisions of this statute shall not apply to females weighing less than 90 pounds nor exceeding 200 pounds, nor shall it apply to female horses."

     Strange Cases :

• Lodi v. Lodi, 219 Cal. Rptr. 116 (Cal. App. 3 Dist 1985)
  "Man sues himself for trying to raid his own trust fund."
  
  
• Stambovsky v. Ackley, 572 N.Y.Supp. 672 (N.Y. App. Div. 1991)
  "New York appellate court declares that a house is haunted by poltergeists and its seller must take it back because she failed to disclose the house she was selling was inhabited by ghosts."
  
  
• Sanders v. Rasen, 605 N.Y.Supp. 2d 805 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. 1993)
  "Jilted client brings a RICO suit and 12 other causes of action--including fraud, malpractice, battery and rape, unjust enrichment, constructive trust and infliction of emotional distress--against her ex-lawyer for using his superior legal knowledge to exploit her emotional vulnerability and lure her into a relationship."
  
  
• McConahy v. City of London, 381 F.Supp. 728, (D.C.N.J. 1974)
  "Man tries to sue London in federal court."
  
  
• United States ex rel. Gerald Mayo v. Satan and his staff, 54 F.R.D. 282 (W.D. Pa., 1971)
  "Landmark class action suit against The Prince of Darkness dismissed on a technicality."
  
  
• Kent Norman v. Ronald Reagan, 95 F.R.D. 476 (D.Ore. 1982)
  "Man with copyrighted name sues president Reagan for causing his 'civil death without legislation', other acts of tyranny and to enjoin the 'White Line Fevers from Mars'."
  
  
• Tyler v. Carter, 151 F.R.D. 537 (S.D.N.Y. 1993)
  "Cyber sues Bill Clinton, Jimmy Carter, Ross Perot, and IBM, for conspiring to re-institute slavery through the "American cyber program."
  
  
• Searight v. New Jersey, 412 F.Supp. 413, (D.C.N.J. 1976)
  "Prisoner, who hears voices in his head after being unlawfully injected in the left eye with a radium electric beam by a prison physician, gets some "technical advice" from the judge."
  
  
• Fisher v. Lowe, 333 N.W.2d 67 (Mich. Ct. App. 1983)
  "Distraught man brings suit against careless driver on behalf of his 'beautiful oak tree'."
  
  
• Peek v. Ciccone, 288 F.Supp. 329 (W.D.Mo. 1968)
  "Prisoner's right to communicate to the Pope that he is 'Christos', the spirit of the reincarnated Christ--and to become Jewish--are vindicated."
  
  
• United States v. Thomas, 31 C.M.A. 278; 32 C.M.R. 278 (1962)
  "A soldier was dancing with a girl when she collapsed in his arms, after which he took her to his car and was intimate with her. He thought that she was drunk, but she was actually dead--convicted of attempted rape."
  
  
• Gordon v. Sec. of state of New Jersey, 469 F.Supp. 1026 (D.C.N.J. 1978)
  "Man sues New Jersey's Secretary of State for the right to be President of the United States instead of Jimmy Carter."
  
  
• Horsey v. Asher, 593 F.Supp. 441 (W.D. Mo., 1983)
  "Prisoner sues three judges, a prosecuting attorney and a clerk for allegedly conspiring against him."
  
  
• In Re Love,"61 B.R. 558 (Bankr. S.D. Fla. 1986)
  "A bankruptcy judge anguishes over the denial of his sua sponte motion to dismiss."