# Trial of the Century

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trial-of-the-century/419443>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [September 17, 2007, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trial-of-the-century/419443 "2007-09-17T01:19:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2007, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trial-of-the-century/419443/1 "2007-09-17T01:19:38Z")

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Okay, so what _was_ ‘The Trial of the Century’ in the 20th Century? Fatty Arbuckle? Bruno Hauptmann? O.J. Simpson? Seems as if there were a lot, but There Can Be Only One.

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**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2007, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trial-of-the-century/419443/2 "2007-09-17T01:32:41Z")

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I’ll repeat what I said in a [previous thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=379289&highlight=donoghue+stevenson) on the same topic:

I’ll go with a civil case: [Donoghue v Stevenson](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donoghue_v_stevenson), given the effect that Lord Atkin’s “neighbour” principle has subsequently had on negligence law.

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2007, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trial-of-the-century/419443/3 "2007-09-17T01:37:09Z")

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[QUOTE=Cunctator]  
[previous thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=379289&highlight=donoghue+stevenson) on the same topic  
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Ah. Never mind then.

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**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2007, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trial-of-the-century/419443/4 "2007-09-17T02:22:12Z")

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The Trial of the Major War Criminals Before the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg.

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**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2007, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trial-of-the-century/419443/5 "2007-09-17T02:32:25Z")

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[Brown v. Board of Education](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_v._Board_of_Education).

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**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2007, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trial-of-the-century/419443/6 "2007-09-17T03:14:00Z")

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Because this exact same question was posted about a year ago, and there were 55 replies, and a link to that thread is available for those interested, this one is closed.

**samclem**