WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a groundbreaking case that legal experts predicted would set a historic precedent for generations to come, the United States Supreme Court agreed on Wednesday to hear an argument between siblings over which one of them had called shotgun.
The case, Erickson V. Erickson, involves a brother and sister who both claim to have been the one to rightfully and legally call out the right to sit in the passenger seat last week when they were riding with their father to pick up an order of chicken wings. It will be the first such case to be argued before the nation's highest court.
"This ruling is poised to upend everything we currently know about calling shotgun," said one analyst. "Obtaining the right to sit in the passenger seat will likely never be the same after the court issues its decision. That's why we're anticipating a spirited argument between the opposing parties."
Legal representation for one of the parties, 12-year-old Jacob Erickson, stated that the strength of his client's case was indisputable. "The court will have no choice but to uphold my client's right to the passenger seat," attorney Brad Borchert said. "Witnesses are on record confirming his initial calling of shotgun, thereby nullifying his sister's subsequent call. This will be a day long remembered by siblings across the United States."
A lawyer for Jacob's 10-year-old sister, Emma Erickson, provided a written statement disputing the older brother's initial call and reiterating the veracity of her call as legally binding.
At publishing time, Jacob Erickson's attorney had maintained that his client holding the tip of his index finger one inch away from his sister's arm did not, in fact, constitute "touching her."
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