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Is the breast offense a good defense?
A Tennesse woman has sued Janet Jackson, Justin Timberlake, CBS, MTV and Viacom because viewers of the Superbowl half-time show suffered "outrage, anger, embarrassment and serious injury" when they saw Janet Jackson's right breast. Naturally, this is a class action suit on "behalf of all Americans." I dunno, I kinda enjoyed it.
Here is another class action that I was dragged into.
Posted by Alex Tabarrok on February 5, 2004 at 06:41 PM in Law | Permalink
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