G
oogle Wins Appeal – Most Bizarre Lawsuit Ever Filed Against Search Engine [SearchEngineWatch]
In September of 2007, Dylan Stephen Jayne filed a (handwritten) suit against the founders of the Google internet search engine, alleging that his social security number when turned upside down is a scrambled code that spells the name “Google.”
He was asking for $5 billion for Google’s alleged “crimes against humanity.”
The District Court reviewed the lawsuit and dismissed it sua sponte (on its own will or motion”) for failure to state a claim. In other words, the judge made a decision without having been asked by either party. (ie. never happened: “Your honor, the defendants, Larry and Sergey, move to dismiss!”)
The ever-resourceful Jayne filed a timely appeal. His case was on appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania and guess what? He lost the appeal a couple months ago.
There just really is no justice… 😦
Aaron Fulkerson 