It’s hard to think of anything less supernaturally spooky than patent infringement or takings claims, but the two federal courts charged with hearing such cases are among the most hauntedplaces in Washington–at least according to popular legend.

The historic Lafayette Square buildings that house the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and the U.S. Court of Federal Claims are associated with a pair of high-profile ghosts, not to mention a shrouded statue whose eyes are said to glow red at the stroke of midnight, and in whose lap you might see spirits of the dead.

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