The Art of Litigation http://theartoflitigation.com Sun, 07 Aug 2011 19:03:20 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 “Happier Than a Tick on a Fat Dog” (Kissel v. Schwartz Order) http://theartoflitigation.com/happier-than-a-tick-on-a-fat-dog-kissel-v-schwartz-order/ http://theartoflitigation.com/happier-than-a-tick-on-a-fat-dog-kissel-v-schwartz-order/#comments Sun, 07 Aug 2011 18:43:11 +0000 Woodruff http://theartoflitigation.com/?p=602 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 [has] made this court happier than a tick on a fat dog because it is otherwise busier than a one legged cat in a sandbox and, quite frankly, would have rather jumped naked off a 12 foot step ladder into a five gallon bucket of porcupines than have presided over a two week trial . . which, no doubt, would have made the jury more confused than a hungry baby in a topless bar and made the parties and their attorneys madder than mosquitoes in a mannequin factory.

Order – Kissel v Schwartz

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Domond v. New York State Department of Corrections

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Motion in Limine Bar Companion

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]]> http://theartoflitigation.com/listen-to-orin-kerr/feed/ 0 The Very Quotable Winston Churchill http://theartoflitigation.com/the-very-quotable-winston-churchill/ http://theartoflitigation.com/the-very-quotable-winston-churchill/#comments Mon, 23 May 2011 13:30:54 +0000 Woodruff http://theartoflitigation.com/?p=576 “Success is going from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm.” –Winston Churchill

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MTD Yacht

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