# Jackass judge sues dry cleaner for $65 million over lost pants **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 26, 2007, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jackass-judge-sues-dry-cleaner-for-65-million-over-lost-pants/401774 "2007-04-26T20:09:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Alistair\_McCello](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/58956e/32.png) [@Alistair\_McCello](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alistair_McCello)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2007, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jackass-judge-sues-dry-cleaner-for-65-million-over-lost-pants/401774/41 "2007-04-27T13:38:13Z")
> [@ivylass](#): > > They better be coated in gold and come with a personal butler, gardener, hairdresser, and chauffer. Then maybe we’ll see. Wait… if the loss of the butler, gardener, hairdresser, and chauffer are included in the $65 million figure that would mean that all of those people were lost by the dry cleaner as well as the pants, which would mean that the judge was dry cleaning his staff along with his pants! Remind me never to take a job under that guy. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2007, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jackass-judge-sues-dry-cleaner-for-65-million-over-lost-pants/401774/42 "2007-04-27T14:00:34Z")
[QUOTE=drachillix] If this is the case he just admitted he filed a bullshit lawsuit. I hope hes palnning on coughing up a shitload of money in legal fees for the defendant. Or better yet, 65 million for mr chungs emotional distress. [/QUOTE] I may be wrong here, but I think you’ve been whooshed. I’m pretty sure that judge Roy Nutbar never said such a thing. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2007, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jackass-judge-sues-dry-cleaner-for-65-million-over-lost-pants/401774/43 "2007-04-27T14:01:36Z")
[QUOTE=Sailboat] And yet… [/QUOTE] It does seem like an attention-grabbing sum. ---
**Author:** ![Electrical\_Storm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ac8455/32.png) [@Electrical\_Storm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electrical_Storm)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2007, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jackass-judge-sues-dry-cleaner-for-65-million-over-lost-pants/401774/44 "2007-04-27T15:20:43Z")
[QUOTE=Czarcasm] I’m glad I never have to worry about that, because my _ass_ makes any pair of pants I wear look fantastic. [/QUOTE] Cite? Preferably in photo form. Come on, **Czarcasm** …you knew that was coming. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2007, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jackass-judge-sues-dry-cleaner-for-65-million-over-lost-pants/401774/45 "2007-04-27T15:49:37Z")
[QUOTE=Bryan Ekers] I should hope a $65 million pair of pants would protect one from such assaults. [/QUOTE] Which is why we have to get him now, while he’s without the pants! ---
**Author:** ![lowbrass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dc4da7/32.png) [@lowbrass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lowbrass)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2007, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jackass-judge-sues-dry-cleaner-for-65-million-over-lost-pants/401774/46 "2007-04-27T18:35:45Z")
That’s ridiculous. I bet he only get $62 million, tops. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2007, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jackass-judge-sues-dry-cleaner-for-65-million-over-lost-pants/401774/47 "2007-04-27T19:15:56Z")
[QUOTE=lowbrass] That’s ridiculous. I bet he only get $62 million, tops. [/QUOTE] Bottoms, actually. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2007, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jackass-judge-sues-dry-cleaner-for-65-million-over-lost-pants/401774/48 "2007-04-28T04:57:38Z")
I wore a pair of pants like that once, for 20 minutes. ---
**Author:** ![Dan\_Norder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4af34b/32.png) [@Dan\_Norder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dan_Norder)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2007, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jackass-judge-sues-dry-cleaner-for-65-million-over-lost-pants/401774/49 "2007-04-29T01:10:23Z")
[QUOTE=Sailboat] On the surface, it does. Whether I would accept kind of depends on what point in the 1,200 days they made that offer. Sailboat [/QUOTE] $12,000 for a pair of pants no matter how many days have passed is simply outrageous. ---
**Author:** ![Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilarity_n.suze/32/6223_2.png) [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2007, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jackass-judge-sues-dry-cleaner-for-65-million-over-lost-pants/401774/50 "2007-04-29T04:59:27Z")
Once my dry cleaner lost one of my sweaters. In fact it was a particular favorite. After looking all over, and bringing out some sweaters that looked similar but weren’t mine, the counter clerk handed over the rest of my dry cleaning and said, “No charge.” I was disappointed (because, unlike suits, sweaters come in colors that are subject to fashion–in this case, dusty rose–and therefore aren’t always available). Since this was a good color for me I had a lot of things this sweater matched, so it was a loss. But basically, just a sweater. Six months later, when I was picking up another load at the same place, the clerk saw me, and brightened up. She ran into the back and returned bearing my lost sweater, and we were all very happy. Then she rang me up, and then she pulled out the six-month-old “no charge” ticket and added that to my bill. And I paid it. And to think I could have become a millionaire. ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2007, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jackass-judge-sues-dry-cleaner-for-65-million-over-lost-pants/401774/51 "2007-04-29T05:09:00Z")
[QUOTE=Hilarity N. Suze] And to think I could have become a millionaire. [/QUOTE] we don’t know that **yet** , but it \*could \* have gotten you pitted on the Dope. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2007, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jackass-judge-sues-dry-cleaner-for-65-million-over-lost-pants/401774/52 "2007-04-29T05:10:08Z")
[QUOTE=Hilarity N. Suze] Once my dry cleaner lost one of my sweaters. In fact it was a particular favorite. After looking all over, and bringing out some sweaters that looked similar but weren’t mine, the counter clerk handed over the rest of my dry cleaning and said, “No charge.” I was disappointed (because, unlike suits, sweaters come in colors that are subject to fashion–in this case, dusty rose–and therefore aren’t always available). Since this was a good color for me I had a lot of things this sweater matched, so it was a loss. But basically, just a sweater. Six months later, when I was picking up another load at the same place, the clerk saw me, and brightened up. She ran into the back and returned bearing my lost sweater, and we were all very happy. Then she rang me up, and then she pulled out the six-month-old “no charge” ticket and added that to my bill. And I paid it. And to think I could have become a millionaire. [/QUOTE] She charged you for the old bill?! That’s kinda fucked up. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2007, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jackass-judge-sues-dry-cleaner-for-65-million-over-lost-pants/401774/53 "2007-05-03T05:43:16Z")
[QUOTE=Sailboat] On the surface, it does. Whether I would accept kind of depends on what point in the 1,200 days they made that offer. Sailboat [/QUOTE] Bullshit. It’s a pair of lost pants, you idiotic jackass. It bears no resemblance whatsoever to your alleged problem at the gas station. Also, from [this article](http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/6/65_MILLION_DOLLAR_PANTS?SITE=SCGRE&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT), released yesterday: > [@](#): > > To the Chungs and their attorney, one of the most frustrating aspects of the case is their claim that Pearson’s gray pants were found a week after Pearson dropped them off in 2005. They’ve been hanging in Manning’s office for more than a year. [Manning is the Chungs’ attorney] > > Pearson claims in court documents that his pants had blue and red pinstripes. > > “They match his inseam measurements. The ticket on the pants match his receipt,” Manning said. ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2007, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jackass-judge-sues-dry-cleaner-for-65-million-over-lost-pants/401774/54 "2007-05-03T11:32:09Z")
How does something THIS STUPID find its way into court? To me, this is “jaw Drpping Stupid”-to think the taxpayer’s time and money are being wasted on something so idiotic…plus the fact that this moron was a ppointed to be a judge…just boggles the mind! I don’t see any lawyers defending this. ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2007, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jackass-judge-sues-dry-cleaner-for-65-million-over-lost-pants/401774/55 "2007-05-03T12:57:51Z")
[QUOTE=Sailboat] On the surface, it does. Whether I would accept kind of depends on what point in the 1,200 days they made that offer. Sailboat [/QUOTE] [QUOTE=mhendo] Bullshit. It’s a pair of lost pants, you idiotic jackass. It bears no resemblance whatsoever to your alleged problem at the gas station. [/QUOTE] Huh? I was asserting how angry I would get if hypothetical people messed with me over a sustained period of time (1200 days). Perhaps angry enough – depending on how nasty they’d been, which we _do not know_ from the articles we’ve seen – to want to destroy their business. You respond that my getting angry would be bullshit? How do you know how angry I’d get? Hell, you yourself call me an idiotic jackass after a single post on a message board…imagine how mad _you’d_ be on day 1,200 of this discussion! I’m also going to call you on your stupid use of the word “alleged.” Go back and insert “alleged” into your assertion that it’s a pair of pants, that the judge is suing for $65 million, that the pants were found – unless you personally were present, all those things are _alleged_ as well. It’s just small-minded of you to try and tar my story with that term. And have a great day! Sailboat ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2007, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jackass-judge-sues-dry-cleaner-for-65-million-over-lost-pants/401774/56 "2007-05-03T14:10:21Z")
This judge needs to be taught a lesson. Anyone have a severed hand sitting around that we could mail to him? I gotta fucking stop watching The Sopranos. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2020, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jackass-judge-sues-dry-cleaner-for-65-million-over-lost-pants/401774/57 "2020-06-10T14:07:55Z")
So, it may have taken a while but the judge who sued the cleaners was given a 90 day suspension and that was lucky it could have been as high as an 18 month suspension. [Video discussion](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmFV6tnnGsE) of the results. Skip to about 32:15 for the wrap up. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2020, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jackass-judge-sues-dry-cleaner-for-65-million-over-lost-pants/401774/58 "2020-06-10T14:16:30Z")
[Here](https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/lawyer-gets-suspended-for-pursuing-67m-suit-over-lost-pants) is a text article on the suspension, from the ABA Journal. And [this](https://www.dccourts.gov/sites/default/files/2020-06/18-BG-586.pdf) is the appeals court opinion. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2020, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jackass-judge-sues-dry-cleaner-for-65-million-over-lost-pants/401774/59 "2020-06-10T14:59:38Z")
I had no idea that Law and Order episode was not fiction. Also, 13 years. Holy Cow. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2020, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jackass-judge-sues-dry-cleaner-for-65-million-over-lost-pants/401774/60 "2020-06-10T15:07:30Z")
So they send the judge to a corner for a little bit. How this idiot can ever be trusted to make a competent decision is beyond me. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jackass-judge-sues-dry-cleaner-for-65-million-over-lost-pants/401774.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jackass-judge-sues-dry-cleaner-for-65-million-over-lost-pants/401774.md?page=4)