When a court ruled for bacon instead of shakespeare-temporarily

TLDR: In 1916, motion picture producer William N. Selig sued to prevent George Fabyan from publishing solutions to ciphers in Shakespeare's works that proved that Francis Bacon was their true author, and asked the court to rule that Shakespeare was the author.

Abstract: In 1916, motion picture producer William N. Selig sued to prevent George Fabyan from publishing solutions to ciphers in Shakespeare's works that proved that Francis Bacon was their true author. Selig asked the court to rule that Shakespeare was the author he decreed instead that Basco was the author. Later, however, under pressure from his judicial colleagues, he recanted.