You couldn't make it up dept. no.72: surely this is a world record?

[fpb]

In 1816, the village authorities of San Giovanni Gemini, near Agrigento, Sicily, sued an important local landowning family and some of their associates for defrauding them over the sale of a considerable amount of public land. The lawsuit is still running.

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[super-pan.livejournal.com]

That's just like the lawsuit in that Dickens book Bleak House! I would love to know more about this, if you have any links available. If not, no biggie.

[fpb.livejournal.com]

Actually, it's worse: Jarndyce vs. Jarndyce had "only" run for about fifty years. I am afraid the reference I have is in Italian, sorry.

[super-pan.livejournal.com]

"I am afraid the reference I have is in Italian,"

(hits head with palm) Oh, yeah, duh! I don't know why I didn't think of that before I even asked!