Apparently LexisNexis also later decided to pull Catt v. State. Here is the
note for 285 Ark 334, 691 S.W.2d 120:
The opinion reported at this cite is not an official opinion of the Supreme
Court of Arkansas and is, therefore, not published on the LEXIS-NEXIS
services.
Brian Flaherty wrote:
> The april fools opinion was Catt v. State, which is at 691 S.W. 2d 120.
> The most
> entertaining thing about this is that it was cited later in a Delaware
> opinion, 673 A.2d 1233. The citation to Catt was exorcised from both the
> West reporter and from Westlaw, but it can still be found on Lexis, under
> the same citation..
>
> (the author was Justice George Rose Smith)
>
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> On Wed, 2 Apr 2003, Erwin Surrency wrote:
>
> > Some time ago, some one out there compiled a list of opinions written in
> > verse which I promply noted but cannot locate again.Could some one give
> > me the citations to the several such cases in the American courts? Also,
> > there is a famous opinion that was written as an April Fool Joke but was
> > published in a reporter. If I remember correctly, it was from Arkansas.
> > Thanks to all my friends out there.
> >
> >
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