Latest Lawsuit by 'Pants Judge' Goes in the Hamper

A federal judge has thrown out a wrongful-termination lawsuit by a former D.C. judge who was fired after filing a $54 million lawsuit over a pair of pants. Roy Pearson claimed that the District used the fact that he was being vilified in the media to cut him out of his $100,000-a-year job as an administrative judge. The District's judicial commission did not cite the pants lawsuit as the reason for firing Pearson. But the presiding federal judge suggested there was a "strong basis" to do so.

2009-07-29 12:00:00 AM

A federal judge has thrown out a wrongful-termination lawsuit by a former D.C. judge who was fired after filing a $54 million lawsuit over a pair of pants.

Roy Pearson claimed that the District used the fact that he was being vilified in the media to cut him out of his $100,000-a-year job as an administrative judge.

But U.S. District Judge Ellen Huvelle wrote in an opinion last week that Pearson alleged "a host of facts that only serve to totally undercut his claims."

The District's judicial commission did not cite the pants lawsuit as the reason for firing Pearson. But Huvelle suggested there was a "strong basis" to do so.

Pearson claimed in his $54 million suit that the owners of a dry-cleaning business lost a pair of his favorite pants and that their "Satisfaction Guaranteed" sign was deceptive.