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October 25, 2006

Favorite Halloween Legal Cases

With Halloween coming up, I've been thinking--what are professors' favorite Halloween-themed cases? My vote is Stambovsky v. Ackley, the famous NY "haunted house" case. See my post from a year ago on the case. Let me know what's your favorite Halloween case.

UPDATE: A Canadian law professor passes along Nagy v. Manitoba Free Press, (1907) 39 S.C.R. 340 (S.C.C.), in which a newspaper disparaged a house by calling it haunted.

UPDATE 2: The "haunted house" went on the market in Fall 2011. See the listing.

Posted by Eric at October 25, 2006 06:07 PM | Life as a Law Professor

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Eric:

My timing's a bit late, but for Halloween cases, try 54 F.R.D. 282.

(I actually have some fear that Satan will take me to court; he's been residing on my left shoulder so long, he might have a meritorious adverse possession claim to it.)

Doug

Posted by: Doug Raines at November 7, 2006 09:57 AM