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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“Happier Than a Tick on a Fat Dog” (Kissel v. Schwartz Order)
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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Justice Roberts on Legal Writing
Added bonus: http://www.lawyerclock.com/
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