A Rams star and a cheerleader's suitcase, a Cowboys cornerback at a burning wreck, an ex-linebacker and a key in a dead millionaire's door, a pastor's six home-equity loans, fifteen shots into Darrent Williams's limousine, Will Smith shot in a New Orleans street, an agent paying an Auburn cornerback by the interception, a Harvard footballer stabbed in the Combat Zone, a manifesto mailed at kickoff and Iron Bowl tickets at four times face value: ten real football cases decided by judges, juries and appeals courts.
10 real cases in this docket. Each one is a real U.S. court case: read the facts the court had, then call it with your friends in the game.
The Cheerleader's SuitcaseUnited States v. Henley · 2001 · Cocaine conspiracy - a Los Angeles Rams player is accused of running twelve kilos through a cheerleader's luggage
Flames on Interstate 35Goodrich v. State · 2005 · Manslaughter - a Dallas Cowboys cornerback drives through a burning crash scene and keeps going
The Key in the DoorPeople v. Naposki · 2014 · Murder - a former NFL linebacker is accused of shooting his girlfriend's millionaire benefactor fifteen years earlier
Six Banks, One HouseState v. Fryar · 2018 · Theft by deception - an ex-NFL receiver turned pastor is accused of milking six home-equity loans out of his mother's house
New Year's Limo on SpeerPeople v. Clark · 2015 · First-degree murder - fifteen shots rip through a stretch limousine carrying Broncos cornerback Darrent Williams home from a New Year's Eve party in Denver
Fender-Bender on Sophie Wright PlaceState v. Hayes · 2019 · Second-degree murder - after a bump between a Hummer and a Mercedes, a driver shoots former Saints star Will Smith dead in the street and wounds his wife
The Agent and the CornerbackAbernethy v. State · 1988 · Tampering with a sports contest - a sports agent secretly signs Auburn's star cornerback and pays him $100 per interception while he is still playing college ball
The Combat Zone ChaseCommonwealth v. Soares · 1979 · First-degree murder - a Harvard football player is stabbed through the heart after his team's season-ending dinner ends on Boston's Combat Zone bar strip
Manifesto Mailed at KickoffUnited States v. Havelock · 2012 · Mailing threatening communications (six counts) - half an hour before Super Bowl XLII a man posts a manifesto to newspapers and drives his rifle to the stadium car park
Four Tickets Outside the TutwilerEstell v. City of Birmingham · 1973 · Ticket scalping (city ordinance) - a man offers Alabama-Auburn tickets to two plain-clothes officers at four times face value