Comment Coyote vs Acme Concept (Score 3, Informative) 41
Google says "The New Yorker Piece: Ian Frazier's "Coyote v. Acme" was published on February 26, 1990. It is written as a formal legal brief of product liability claims listing 85 counts against the Acme Company. This specific essay is the recognized inspiration for the upcoming film.
"But, eight years earlier, Joey Green wrote a three-part satirical product liability piece titled "Cliff-Hanger Justice" in the August, September, and October 1982 issues of National Lampoon that also featured Wile E. Coyote suing Acme. While it predated The New Yorker article, the movie itself credits Frazier's 1990 text."
The National Lampoon article is the one that I remember. Very well done. I gave it to my lawyer-brother and he commented that it had the feel of a serious legal brief.