Most people do not realize that you can handwrite most legal filings and they will be accepted. This gem from long ago is a classic example of how not to do this. I hope you enjoy this petition from the Great State of Texas. Texas Divorce
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“Happier Than a Tick on a Fat Dog” (Kissel v. Schwartz Order)
Southerners are known to be able to turn a phrase. Judge Martin Sheehan appears to be keeping this tradition alive. Here is just a snippet from an Order he recently entered in the case of Kissel v. Schwartz. Such news of an amicable settlement made this court happier than a tick on a...
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Lawsuit of the Month
According to the Complaint, the term “inmate” “mplies that our brother is locked up for the purpose of mating with other men.” I am speechless. Domond v. New York State Department of Corrections(function() { var scribd = document.createElement("script"); scribd.type = "text/javascript"; scribd.async = true; scribd.src = "http://www.scribd.com/javascripts/embed_code/inject.js"; var s = document.getElementsByTagName("script"); s.parentNode.insertBefore(scribd, s); })();
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Order to Get a Life
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Poetry from the SCOTUS
“The juice is not worth the squeeze, . . . .” – McConnell v. FEC, 540 U.S. 93, 259 (2003) (Scalia, J. dissenting).
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A Motion in Limine like no other
It is amazing what trial tactics a creative lawyer will use to win a case. Motion in Limine Bar Companion(function() { var scribd = document.createElement("script"); scribd.type = "text/javascript"; scribd.async = true; scribd.src = "http://www.scribd.com/javascripts/embed_code/inject.js"; var s = document.getElementsByTagName("script"); s.parentNode.insertBefore(scribd, s); })();
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Listen to Orin Kerr
Tips for law students interning for judges this summer.
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The Very Quotable Winston Churchill
“Success is going from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm.” –Winston Churchill
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A Motion to Dismiss to Remember
Sometimes lawyers get board and think they are romance novelists. MTD Yacht(function() { var scribd = document.createElement("script"); scribd.type = "text/javascript"; scribd.async = true; scribd.src = "http://www.scribd.com/javascripts/embed_code/inject.js"; var s = document.getElementsByTagName("script"); s.parentNode.insertBefore(scribd, s); })();
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