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Monday, September 27, 2004

Ultimate Extension of Civil Procedure 101

*note: no alcohol was consumed before this thought experiment. A good or bad sign I'm not sure*

An interesting thought exercise that we, several bored people with an interest in the law, just thought up: can you sue God? Service wouldn't be the problem. You can use any agent of God such as a cardinal, a preacher, a rabbi, etc to give service to the deity. Personal jurisdiction isn't a problem because God is everywhere. You can get a judgment from a trial court. Remedies are the problem. How do you collect your judgment and would you want to?

Our conclusion: let's not sue God in the first place. It just seems like a bad idea even if it is theoretically possible.

Is that the flip side of the United States ex rel. Gerald Mayo v. Satan and His Staff (54 F.R.D. 282 for you law dogs) case we studied two years ago in Civil Procedure?

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