AIQ.
Did the law involve some activity that only human beings can engage in?
Did the law involve some activity that human beings are forbidden from engaging in?
Did the law involve gambling?
AIQ.
Does the law involve money - what can be paid for or methods of payment?
Does the law involve employment?
Does the law involve some type of time limitation - a date or period of time after which something happens?
AIQ.
Was it a lawsuit?
I believe the correct answer to this is ‘Yes’, unless there is a particular definition of ‘lawsuit’ that I’m not aware of. Suffice to say that Party A sued party B and as a result a case was heard in a US court.
A lawsuit over money that does not concern copyright, royalties, or employment and therefor wages … actually, we only know money was involved
Did Party A sue Party B for money that PA believed was already owed to them?
Was the money involved only claims for damages in the lawsuit?
Did the lawsuit involve libel?
Did the lawsuit involve slander?
Did the lawsuit involve physical property?
AIQ.
Intellectual property (but not copyright)?
If so, trademark?
AIQ.
Does the lawsuit have to do with tariffs?
AIQ.
I think I know it:
Did it involve toys?
Yes, I think you’ve got it. Had you heard of the case before?
Yeah, I’d heard about this case on a podcast some years ago. Chronos’ clue about Wolverine plus your giant clue in post 3539 really helped.
Were the tariffs different for “human action figures” compared to “non-human toys” or “non-human dolls” or something like that? So the argument was to classify Silver Surfer as a “non-human doll” to get a better tariff?
That’s exactly it: Toy Biz, Inc. v. United States - Wikipedia
How did you come up with that?
Two brothers bring home two cats from the same litter. While the brothers are together at the first brother’s house, the second brother notices his brother’s cat is much quieter than his. Like, it never meows at all. The strange thing is, his cat is very loud. Why?