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There are court rulings that defy common sense. The Court of Appeals in Washington state has made a ruling concerning teacher / student relationships:
“State law does not ban teachers from having sex with 18-year-old students, according to a unanimous ruling by a panel of appellate judges.
The state Court of Appeals ruling came in a [...]

It may be the first legal ruling of its kind. Facebook has become part of the legal process. A judge in Australia is allowing legal documents to be served via Facebook:
“As unwanted Facebook messages go, it would take some beating. A judge in Australia has ruled that house repossession notices can now be [...]

It is a court victory for Facebook. A court ruling against an alleged spammer is, in theory, worth hundreds of millions:
“Facebook has a won $873 million judgment (sic) against a Canadian man who bombarded the popular online hangout with sexually explicit “spam” messages.
The victory, sealed with a judge’s order issued last Friday, probably [...]

It may be considered unusual. Some may consider it even cruel. A Colorado judge is using Barry Manilow music as punishment:
“… Fort Lupton Municipal Judge Paul Sacco says his novel punishment of forcing noise violators to listen to music they don’t like for one hour has cut down on the number of repeat [...]

In a court ruling certain not be please the airlines, the Supreme Court of Canada reaffirmed the rights of obese fliers:
“Obese people have the right to two seats for the price of one on flights within Canada, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled on Thursday.”
link: Obese have right to 2 airline seats: Canada court
This [...]

A court ruling has not disenfranchised the homeless. Locations other than buildings can be used as addresses:
“A federal judge in Ohio has ruled that counties must allow homeless voters to list park benches and other locations that aren’t buildings as their addresses.”
link: Judge rules Ohio homeless voters may list park benches as addresses
While [...]

Thousands of household pets were sick or died from contaminated pet food. The chemical melamine was found in pet food ingredients from China. This is the same chemical that is implicated in the contaminated milk recall that is ongoing currently in China. There has been a court ruling on the lawsuits for [...]

It is a legal precedent in Britain that should indicate that the Terrorism Act has no age limitations:
“The youngest person in Britain to have been convicted under the Terrorism Act has been sentenced to two years in a young offenders’ institution.
Hammaad Munshi, from Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, was 16 when he was arrested in 2006. [...]

There is no laptop privacy at border points. Customs officials at border entry points are allowed to search and seize a laptop at their discretion. No stated cause is necessary:
“…We’ve been searching laptops of those who warrant a closer inspection for years. In fact, we’ve taken the unprecedented step of posting online a [...]

Spammers can rejoice. It appears that spamming is protected as a constitutional right. The Virginia Supreme Court has rules:
“…The unanimous ruling Friday reversed the conviction of a man once considered one of the world’s most prolific spammers. The court agreed with Jeremy Jaynes’ claim that the anti-spam law violates free speech protections under [...]