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Judge’s Benchslap Provides Unique Resolution to Deposition Dispute.
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Because we Oklahomans are totally fine with losing the Big 12 Championship to some other team whose name I can’t recall, this discovery dispute seemed understandable. [Sarcasm intended.] Everyone knows that, when it comes to discovery disputes, nothing is too outrageous, even if the Court adds football bragging rights to its Order.
Court Reporters And Some Of The The Funniest Things Recorded In Court.
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On Thanksgiving weekend, I had a “water mitigation event” at my house. Since that time, I have been sleeping in the living room in a blowup bed, which is actually not that bad. The holidays became even more interesting when, on Christmas Eve, a motor in the furnace suddenly went out. It was even more suddenly fixed before the coming cold spell.
The Capitol Steps – Today!
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Every year, The Capitol Steps perform a 4th of July show. If you are not familiar with The Capitol Steps, it’s political musical satire. This tradition is shared by similar groups around the country in law schools and bar associations, such as the Bar & Grill Singers in Austin: https://www.singers.com/group/Bar-Grill-Singers/ (my personal favorite, “Appointed Forever“). It’s well written, well performed, and hilarious.
You Have The Right To Remain Silent, But Can You?
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The Capitol Steps’ Annual Fourth of July Performance!
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It’s New Years’ Eve. Time Again for The Capitol Steps!
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It is that time again. The Capitol Steps New Year’s Eve broadcast is coming to a radio station near you. Find the time and radio station at their website: http://www.capsteps.com/radio/.
We Are Going To Miss Jon Stewart.
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The Capitol Steps on July 4th!
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Every 4th of July and New Year’s Eve, The Capitol Steps give a free performance on the radio. If you are not familiar with The Capitol Steps, think Monty Python satire but in song about American politics and politicians. It is hilarious. No 4th of July would be complete without tuning in on the radio to hear their program. The free performance can be found on selected radio stations – see times and dates at the link.
As I’ve mentioned before, if this kind of thing is up your alley, check out Austin lawyers who call themselves the Bar and Grill Singers at http://www.barandgrillsingers.com/.
It’s the most wonderful time of the year when Presidential candidates emerge from their political slumbers and proclaim themselves fit to rule this Nation. The singing political comedians the Capitol Steps will take on Jeb Bush, Hillary Clinton, Ted Cruz, Bernie Sanders and all the other ‘76 Unknowns’ who have thrown their hat (and your money) into the ring. It’s time to ‘Mock the Vote’ in 2015! . . .
Tom Scott of Midland (Bullock, Scott, etc.) got copies of the letters from Becky after reading The Wall Street Journal article and—since The Letter was not printed in that article—suggested that it be published in full in this column. So here it is, together with two other letters which set the scene for The Becky Klemt Letter. . . .
Time For Some Levity. Here’s The Case Law Hall of Fame.
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Bradshaw v. Unity Marine Corp. (S.D. Tex. 2001) (‘Both attorneys have obviously entered into a secret pact . . . to draft their pleadings entirely in crayon on the back sides of gravy-stained paper place mats, in the hope that the Court would be so charmed by their child-like efforts that their utter dearth of legal authorities in their briefing would go unnoticed.’).
Brown v. Swindell (La. Ct. App. 1967) (holding plaintiff could not recover damages for emotional distress allegedly due to embarrassment of owning a three-legged dog).
Collins v. Henman (S.D. Ill. 1987) (dismissing case because, even accepting petitioner’s claim that he was the Prophet Muhammed, he was still required to exhaust remedies in state court before filing federal habeas action).
Fisher v. Lowe (Mich. Ct. App. 1983) (‘We thought that we would never see/A suit to compensate a tree’). Bonus points: Westlaw did the summary and headnotes in verse, too.
Lodi v. Lodi (Cal. Ct. App. 1985) (‘This case started when plaintiff Oreste Lodi sued himself in the Shasta County Superior Court.’).
Miles v. City Council (S.D. Ga. 1982) (relating the story of Blackie the Talking Cat).
Moore v. Moore (Mo. Ct. App. 1960) (recognizing husband’s right to fish without female interference, but ruling that minor infringements on it are not grounds for divorce; also finding that the term ‘hillbilly’ is not an insult, at least when used in Southern Missouri).
Noble v. Bradford Marine Inc. (S.D. Fla. 1992) (ruling, not long after ‘Wayne’s World’ was released, that ‘very excellent’ authorities showed that removal to federal court was ‘most bogus and way improvident’; ordering defendants to ‘party on in state court.’).
Norman v. Reagan (D. Or. 1982) (dismissing case against former President Reagan for allegedly causing plaintiff’s ‘civil death’ and also certain unspecified claims regarding a suspicious mailbox).
Pardue v. Turnage (La. Ct. App. 1980) (‘An exhaustive reading of the entire record convinces this court that Kenneth Turnage did give his stuffed bear to the Lessards. For the trial court to find otherwise was manifest error.’).
Stambovsky v. Ackley (N.Y. 1991) (holding that a homebuyer could seek recission of sale contract based on his claim that he did not know house was allegedly haunted by poltergeists; based on estoppel, court ruled that ‘as a matter of law, the house is haunted’).
United States ex rel. Mayo v. Satan and His Staff (W.D. Pa. 1971) (dismissing case against Satan and unidentified staff members for lack of jurisdiction and uncertainty as to whether case could properly be maintained as a class action).
In re Marriage of Gustin (Mo. Ct. App. 1993) (holding that wife’s chopping through door of marital residence with a hatchet was not ‘marital misconduct’ sufficient to affect distribution of property).

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