# Judge Stoopid ($54 million pants) Back in Court! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 22, 2008, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judge-stoopid-54-million-pants-back-in-court/469083 "2008-10-22T17:07:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2008, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judge-stoopid-54-million-pants-back-in-court/469083/1 "2008-10-22T17:07:54Z")
I thought this moron’s case had been dismissed? But Judge wants his $54 million! Any idea how much this jackass has cost the taxpayers (and the unfortunate dry cleaning shop owners)? ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2008, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judge-stoopid-54-million-pants-back-in-court/469083/2 "2008-10-22T17:10:48Z")
Didn’t he lose his job because of this case? ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2008, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judge-stoopid-54-million-pants-back-in-court/469083/3 "2008-10-22T17:11:56Z")
Is there a link for this? ---
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2008, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judge-stoopid-54-million-pants-back-in-court/469083/4 "2008-10-22T17:13:16Z")
Is there a more recent link? Everything I’ve seen says that the dry cleaner won. > **[Judge tosses $54 million suit over missing pants - CNN.com](http://edition.cnn.com/2007/LAW/06/25/trouser.trial/index.html)** > > A judge in the District of Columbia has dismissed a case against a dry cleaner who was sued for $54 million in damages over a pair of missing pants. ---
**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:** [October 22, 2008, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judge-stoopid-54-million-pants-back-in-court/469083/5 "2008-10-22T18:48:22Z")
> [@vetbridge](#): > > Is there a more recent link? Everything I’ve seen says that the dry cleaner won. > [Judge tosses $54 million suit over missing pants - CNN.com](http://edition.cnn.com/2007/LAW/06/25/trouser.trial/index.html) Here you go: [Judge Seeks to Revive $54 Million Pants Lawsuit](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/22/AR2008102201623.html) ---
**Author:** ![Gfactor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@Gfactor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gfactor)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2008, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judge-stoopid-54-million-pants-back-in-court/469083/6 "2008-10-22T18:52:14Z")
He’s appealing the dimissal of his case. He’s got a right to appeal. It’s still a surefire loser. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2008, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judge-stoopid-54-million-pants-back-in-court/469083/7 "2008-10-22T18:55:00Z")
How did this idjit get to be a judge without understanding how the legal system works? ---
**Author:** ![Binarydrone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3da27b/32.png) [@Binarydrone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Binarydrone)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2008, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judge-stoopid-54-million-pants-back-in-court/469083/8 "2008-10-22T18:57:23Z")
I have seen this story a time or two, and I keep feeling like there has got to be more to it than we are seeing. Like what is the back story here? Is this some racial thing? Who puts that much effort into a pair of freaking pants? ---
**Author:** ![Gfactor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@Gfactor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gfactor)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2008, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judge-stoopid-54-million-pants-back-in-court/469083/9 "2008-10-22T19:05:59Z")
> [@Binarydrone](#): > > I have seen this story a time or two, and I keep feeling like there has got to be more to it than we are seeing. Like what is the back story here? Is this some racial thing? Who puts that much effort into a pair of freaking pants? He’s one of those folks who thinks he can extort money from people by filing lawsuits and making them expensive. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/02/AR2007050202479.html](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/02/AR2007050202479.html) [http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1179260861714](http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1179260861714) [QUOTE=Q.E.D.] How did this idjit get to be a judge without understanding how the legal system works? [/QUOTE] He was appointed by a committee. [http://oah.dc.gov/oah/frames.asp?doc=/oah/lib/oah/pdf/about/oahact.pdf](http://oah.dc.gov/oah/frames.asp?doc=/oah/lib/oah/pdf/about/oahact.pdf) ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2008, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judge-stoopid-54-million-pants-back-in-court/469083/10 "2008-10-22T19:15:15Z")
> [@Binarydrone](#): > > I have seen this story a time or two, and I keep feeling like there has got to be more to it than we are seeing. No, there’s less. There’s far less.