Hormel fights Muppet Spa'am in court over Spam branding
In a Manhattan courtroom Hormel Foods challenges the use of Spa'am a wild pig Muppet tied to Spam marketing in The Muppets Treasure Island. Jim Henson lawyers argue the movie not yet released and the brand could be harmed by the depiction.
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New York
Hormel Foods Corp
Manhattan
Spa’am
U.S
Kimba Wood
Jim Henson
Amin
the Boars
Austin, Minn
Jim Henson Productions
Glenn Mitchell
Krejci
Austin
Minn
Hormel
Supervision problem cited in Indian teens banishment
In Everett Washington two 18 year old Tingit youths Adrian Guthrie and Simon Roberts banished to remote Alaskan islands by a tribal court face potential prison for robbery and assault. Snohomish County Superior Court Judge James Allendoerfer ordered Oct 3 appearance to decide continuation of banishment or a 3 to 5 year sentence for the August 1998 crime.
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Everett, Wash
Alaskan
Snohomish County
James Allendoerfer
Allendoerfer
Adrian Guthrie
Simon Roberts
Klawock
Alaska
Tim Whittlesey
Roberts
Guth
Teen uses U S flag to clean dipstick in Oklahoma City
A 17 year old in Moore Oklahoma was not charged after an Army veteran reported him cleaning his car dipstick with a full size U S flag. The prosecutor cited free speech precedents despite the 1971 law on flag desecration.
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Oklahoma City
U.S
Oklahoma
U.S. Supreme Court
Lee Cates
Moore
C.S. Thornton
Thornton
American Civil Liberties Union
Terry Boaz
Boaz
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