There was an incident back in 2006 in Pittsburgh where a guy flipped off a police officer. Got a disorderly conduct ticket, fought it, and won. Got $10k for this troubles, the ACLU got $40k.

http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/11...y5760527.shtml
http://legalblogwatch.typepad.com/le...get-10000.html