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The legal dilemma of 'The Wizard of Oz'

“I’ll get you, my pretty, and your little dog, too!” One of my favorite movies is The Wizard of Oz. I rewatched the film recently, and this time, I focused on a scene with great legal significance.

That mean neighbor, Miss Almira Gulch, goes to Auntie Em and Uncle Henry’s house to take Dorothy’s dog Toto to the sheriff to have him destroyed. Apparently, Toto bit Gulch on the leg, resulting in her going to the sheriff and getting an order to put him to sleep (Toto, not the sheriff).

Dorothy is beside herself, and she exclaims, “Uncle Henry, you won’t let her, will you?”

Uncle Henry replies confidently, “Of course we won’t.”

Then Gulch suddenly whips out the “sheriff’s order,” authorizing her to confiscate Toto.

An argument ensues when, predictably, Dorothy refuses to hand over the prisoner. Gulch admonishes the family that they had better hand over Toto forthwith, “unless you want to go against the law.”

Uncle Henry scans the order for about two seconds, and he nods stoically. He reluctantly hands Toto to Gulch, who carts him away in a basket fastened to her bicycle.

After this sequence, I did some thinking. Orders made without notice to the affected party scare me—almost as much as barking dogs.

It occurred to me that surely there must have been some provision in the laws of Kansas to set aside this order from the sheriff. I guess the movie people did not concern themselves with these legal implications. However, had the screenplay been penned by a lawyer, the film might have had a sequence dealing with a special motion to right the wrong, as follows:

Ozzie J: This is a motion by Dorothy Gale to set aside the order obtained without notice, by the respondent Almira Gulch from Twister County Sheriff Charlie Farley.

The order was obtained pursuant to the provisions of the Dogs That Annoy Fine Folks Act.

Miss Gulch, the complainant, alleges that Dorothy’s dog Toto frequently used to enter her garden and harass her. When she recently politely asked Dorothy to remove Toto, the dog lunged at her, biting Miss Gulch on the shin.

The learned sheriff, after hearing the evidence of Miss Gulch, orders the accused removed from the Gale residence and brought before him an order to be put down.

Dorothy alleges in an affidavit that Toto is a fine dog, really. She denies that Toto ever entered the garden and pleads that the complainant startled both her and Toto as they passed by, suddenly jumping in front of them with her broom and cackling.

An affidavit sworn by Emma Gale (aka Auntie Em) alleges Almira Gulch feels that she owns the entire county and that for 23 years she has wanted to tell Almira Gulch a few things, but being a Christian woman, she couldn’t say them.

After reviewing all the evidence, I find that Toto did indeed take a nibble of Almira Gulch’s shin. Not only did the complainant suffer physical pain, but she was also forced to endure emotional trauma afterward when Dorothy started singing.

The question now, however, is whether this order should have been sought with notice to Dorothy. And to Toto, too.

Section 4 of the act provides as follows:

4. The sheriff may issue the order without notice if:

a) The dog or owner cannot be readily located;

b) There is a likelihood that upon receiving such notice the dog or owner might abscond from the jurisdiction;

c) There is likelihood that upon receiving such notice the dog or owner might bite the sheriff.

There is no doubt that the original application fails to meet the first leg, so to speak, of the test. Both Dorothy and Toto could readily be found at the Gale residence talking to the farm animals.

There is some skimpy evidence with respect to subsection “b” applying. Almira Gulch insists that had they received notice, both Toto and Dorothy would have been out of here like a tornado. She claims that Dorothy was always singing to herself a weird song about being off to see the wizard.

Gulch argues that there was furthermore good reason to believe that provision “c” was a likely contingency.

I disagree. The evidence of Uncle Henry is that the sheriff often came over to the Gale farm to pitch horseshoes with Uncle Henry. When they were done, Toto then used to engage Charlie in a vigorous game of checkers over a plate of Auntie Em’s chocolate fudge. I cannot see how Toto would have bitten the sheriff had he attended to serve him papers. Perhaps he would have licked his hand. But that’s it.

I find that the order of the sheriff should not have issued without notice, and I set it aside. I award legal costs of the motion to Dorothy; and to Toto, too.

As lawyers, I’m sure the legal significance of this order without fair notice to Dorothy et. al. did not escape us. And as lawyers, we must sometimes be the wizards to let what’s right prevail. At least justice was achieved, as Toto jumped out of the basket en route to his expected demise. I trust next time any of us revisit the movie, we’ll view this scene with a different lens and appreciate the equitable outcome.

Marcel Strigberger, after 40-plus years of practicing civil litigation in the Toronto area, closed his law office and decided to continue to pursue his humor writing and speaking passions. His just-launched book is Boomers, Zoomers, and Other Oomers: A Boomer-biased Irreverent Perspective on Aging. For more information, visit MarcelsHumour.com and follow him at @MarcelsHumour on Twitter.

This column reflects the opinions of the author and not necessarily the views of the ABA Journal—or the American Bar Association.

The Wicked Witch of the West is Alive, She lives in London, Rides a Bicycle, and She Wears Tweed.

For those of you who have been following my blog, you may recall that last summer I wrote about the lady who stole my parking spot in a Trader Joe’s parking lot in Delaware and how I reacted to this injustice. Well, today there was an injustice committed on one of my running mates and I am writing about it! I thought that by sharing the story I would in some way bring light to the injustice, offer some support, and help restore balance to the universe.

Here’s what happened…

We are a group of about 25 – 30 women running through the streets of London. Sometimes we can run in 3’s, or 2’s, but sometimes we must run in a single file because of people and traffic. We try to be very respectful of motorists, bicyclists and walkers. As we ran through Little Venice (remember my article this week about the area with canals) some of the gals were on the sidewalk and a few were on the street by the edge of the sidewalk. Unfortunately, I did not eye witness the event. I only heard the aftermath sounds. All of sudden we heard a bicycle bell ring. The cyclist rang it multiple times as he/she passed the huge group. Typically we make way for the passing bicycles. And then all of sudden the bicycle rider punched one of my friends, who had remained on the edge of the street, out of her way. I don’t understand why this cyclist did not try to slow down, stop, or move further into the quiet street. There was ample space and time to react in. What violent behavior, “Let me just punch the person who is in my way”. I suddenly heard a gasp from the group as my friend recovered and yelled a retaliating comment to the bicycle rider. The culprit was a lady in a tweed jacket. What unexpected behavior from someone in this very polite and proper country. I think this act would be considered “assault & battery” somewhere else.

I felt really bad for my friend. It’s good I did not witness this event or that it did not happen to me because I have a bit of an overactive “injustice” meter. I know I would have been compelled to try out my unprecedented sprinting skills in order to catch up with the culprit who had stopped at a light ahead. And just like I cornered my parking spot thief at the store this past summer, I would have pointed out to this lady her inappropriate behavior towards my friend. Destiny also led us away from the crazy cyclist lady as we took a different path to hers. I know it’s not good to let these bad things affect us. We continued running. All I could do was be empathetic and remind both my friend and me that there is a balance in the universe and that these behaviors do not go unchecked. We later laughed together as we commented how the lady reminded us of the Wicked Witch of the West, of Ms. Gulch riding her bicycle this time sporting tweed. We continued running while we reenacted the music to this particular scene of the Wizard of Oz movie. And then with each stride that we continued to take, we gently shifted topics to much happier ones.

Wicked witch of the west bike

Janet here. I am the writer, editor of this journal and our previous tour accounts. Jack is our navigator and all around tour guide. we make a good team. I think this is where I usually say 'We're Back'.

The route will be the TransAm West to East to Kansas. We will be going to a 50 yr High School Reunion in Junction City, Kansas. Our Surly's will be carrying all of the usual gear. Not sure I will get a together but I will have a picture or two that will show you just what can be packed into those little bags on the sides of the bike. Stay tuned - those of you not familiar with touring will be amazed. It's like a magic show.

I know - these look like your everyday Surly Long Haul Truckers (LHTs) but no these are our Steeds. They have been our wonderful friends and means of multiple hours of transportation and fun for the last 6 yrs. Jack's (the blue one) has nearly 40,000 miles. Janet's (the green) has 25,000 miles-I retired later than he did even though I am older. We have traveled the length of the Western US (Seattle to San Diego) and used them daily for fun and transportation. They are the ONLY way to get into our local Trader Joe's parking lot mid day - any day!

Our Surly's are stock - well mostly. They do have a Brooks saddle B-17 each and just in the last few months received new gearing. We switched out the back cassette from 11-34 to a 12-36. It was my fault. I was feeling a little anxious about the 11,500+ ft we are going to be going over on the TransAm. We are looking at the possibility of needing new wheels prior to this trip. Our tires of choice are Continental Tour Rides. We rode Continental City Rides on our previous tours and have had '0' flats on tour!! Going to get the opinion of our LBS - Winning Wheels in Pacific Grove, CA. on the wheel issue. They do wonderful work if you are ever in the Monterey area and need a great mechanic be sure to check them out (they passed inspection with flying colors-only new brakes and chains needed).

Jack and Janet - Santa Barbara to San Diego 2012

This lovely photo of us was taken in May - 2012. We were in Dana Point on our way to San Diego. As a photographer I love taking photos of everything but myself.

Hope you follow along with us. Happy Trails. Janet

Wizard of Oz Bike

So I'm curious. Does anyone know what bicycle Almira Gulch is riding in the Wizard of Oz? This was about the only picture I could find.

Monark52

Wore out three sets of tires already!

KansasJack

Look Ma, No Hands!

Here's a closer photo although the image is reversed. Chrome chain guard, rod brakes maybe? The front forks have quite a slope. Is that an Iver Johnson head badge?

JR'S MONARK

Finally riding a big boys bike

There is a guy here in San Diego that has the actual bike from the movie. But was there more than one bike in the movie? I was led to believe the one I saw was Dorothy's. He also had one of Pee Wee's and Elvis Presley's old schwinn.

Flat Tire

Cruisin' on my Bluebird

jhook

'Lil Knee Scuffer

Wizard of Oz Bike answered

Had a time finding the answer to this question but this seems correct. Safety Model 1900 Orient bicycle , made by Waltham, the top tube forms a letter J as seen in the last part of the video clip. The bike model would have been correct for the period of the actual books writing. Chain guard looks like a poor fitting add on, probably just added to keep her loose skirt from catching during the filming.

Crazy8

I live for the CABE

Someone mentioned the Wizard of Oz bike, so I did some research. Actually found an old photo without Almira Gulch. Still hard to tell though. Just might be the Orient as mentioned above with the added front brake, chainguard, and rear rack.

abe lugo

I live for the CABE

sweet whitewalls! nice pic without the rider, those tires look beefier than usual but they have to be 28" singlestubes right?

JChapoton

Finally riding a big boys bike

that scene took place in the 1890s so in order for the bike to be "period correct" it would have to be older than 1900, but then again, movies are never "spot on" when trying to deliver "historical accuracy".

Nos

Look Ma, No Hands!

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By applying pressure to these points, the therapist is able to release blockages and restore the natural flow of energy, promoting healing and relaxation. In addition to foot reflexology, Magic Foot Spa also offers other foot and body treatments, including foot soaking, foot scrubs, and full-body massages. These additional services are designed to complement the foot reflexology experience and enhance the overall benefits.

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Magic Foot Spa in Frederick was a huge disappointment. The massage I received was much shorter than the advertised time and the therapist seemed to rush through it. She barely spent any time on my feet, which was the main reason I chose a foot spa in the first place. The music in the background was also loud and distracting, making it impossible to relax. Overall, I felt like I wasted my money and would not recommend this spa to anyone looking for a quality foot massage.

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