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Post date: Posted on: July 21, 2015

Haro! Haro! Haro! A l'aide, mon Prince, on me fait tort.

(Hear me! Hear me! Hear me! Come to my aid, my Prince, for someone does me wrong.)

-Legal formula for the Clameur de Haro, an ancient legal injunction of restraint still in use in parts of the Channel Islands.

Tags: Civil Litigation / Civil Procedure
Post date: Posted on: February 3, 2015

39. No freeman shall be taken or imprisoned or disseised or exiled or in any way destroyed, nor will we go upon him nor send upon him, except by the lawful judgment of his peers or by the law of the land.

Tags: Comparative Law, Constitutional Law, Legal History
Post date: Posted on: January 15, 2015

This matter is before me on the Defendants’ motions to dismiss a complaint sounding in contract, filed by the Plaintiff, Mr. Alfred, pro se. That Complaint is remarkable. It is in my experience a unique example of the pleader’s art.

Tags: Commercial Litigation, Contracts, Equity / Chancery, Technology & Law
Post date: Posted on: October 1, 2014

With Halloween approaching at the end of the month, we offer the following:

Tags: Courts, Criminal Law, Evidence, Legal History
Post date: Posted on: September 11, 2014

Consider the persimmon. No wild fruits are so sweet and delectable as ripe persimmons after the first fall freeze, if you can beat the birds to them. But a green persimmon is not just less tasty; it is inedible. Not even a ‘possum will eat a green persimmon.

Tags: Civil Litigation / Civil Procedure, Commercial Litigation, Courts, Equity / Chancery
Post date: Posted on: September 3, 2014

In the New York Times, Adam Liptak has a piece on the trend of Supreme Court opinions accepting and restating facts appearing in amicus briefing, some of which facts are later revealed to be erroneous or based on questionable studies: "Seeking Facts, Justices Settle for What Briefs Tell Them."  This is a phenomenon that was heavily criticized by Justice Scalia in his dissent in Sykes v. United States, No. 09-11311 (2011):

Tags: Appeals, Courts, Evidence, Legal History, Legal Industry, Legal Theory, Legislation

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