Opening Arguments

OA827: The Law of Halloween!


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In an entirely Trump-free show, Liz and Andrew break down the law of Halloween! Is it illegal to be a witch? Do you have to disclose your house is haunted before selling it? Can you sue Satan? And much, much more! NotesCharles West, Pope Leo of Bourges, Clerical Immunity and the Early Medieval Secular, in Early Medieval Europe (2021)

https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/169821/1/Pope%20Leo%20of%20Bourges%2C%20clerical%20immunity%20and%20the%20early%20medieval%20secular.pdf

Constitutions of Clarendon, 1164

https://avalon.law.yale.edu/medieval/constcla.asp

Mullaney v. Wilbur, 421 U.S. 684 (1975)

https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=1049931246973296361

Stambovsky v. Ackley

https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=3290684836490834623

Mayo v Satan

https://casetext.com/case/united-states-ex-rel-gerald-mayo-v-satan-and-his-staff

2016 US News article on Creepy Clown Sightings

https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2016-10-31/floridians-arm-themselves-against-creepy-clowns-on-halloween?context=amp

Richard Ellis says he represented the seller

https://www.ellissothebysrealty.com/blog/2016/10/31/haunted-house-the-legend-of-1-la-veta-place-nyack/

VA Beach 23-3

https://library.municode.com/va/virginia_beach/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=CO_CH23OF_ARTIMIOF_S23-3PRTRTRAC

Forsyth, IL 94-155

https://forsyth-il.gov/vertical/sites/%7B18717005-44FD-438D-B0BC-B86101984F4F%7D/uploads/Master_Copy.pdf

Alabama can’t dress like clergy

https://law.justia.com/codes/alabama/2020/title-13a/chapter-14/section-13a-14-4/

Hollywood silly string ordinance

https://clkrep.lacity.org/onlinedocs/2004/04-0772_ORD_176176_10-06-2004.pdf

Fortune-telling in SF

https://www.loweringthebar.net/2006/08/fortunetelling_.html

Fortune-telling New Orleans

https://library.municode.com/la/new_orleans/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTIICO_CH54CRCO_ARTVIOFAFPUGE

OA 648

https://openargs.com/oa648-more-from-the-right-wing-war-on-free-speech/

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