Before proceeding further, the Court notes that this case involves two extremely likable lawyers, who have together delivered some of the most amateurish pleadings ever to cross the hallowed causeway into Galveston, an effort which leads the Court to surmise but one plausible explanation. Both attorneys have obviously entered into a secret pact–complete with hats, handshakes and cryptic words–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. Whatever actually occurred, the Court is now faced with the daunting task of deciphering their submissions. With Big Chief tablet readied, thick black pencil in hand, and a devil-may-care laugh in the face of death, life on the razor’s edge sense of exhilaration, the Court begins.
— From an actual proceeding in U.S. District Court via Lawyers, Guns and Money who got it from Unfogged.
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Lawyer fees: $22,000
New suit: $199
Haircut: $15
A judge that cracks jokes in his ruling: Priceless
There are some things money can’t buy, after all. And this one’s going straight onto the hard drive of humor.
Another good line, this one from the conclusion:
“After this remarkably long walk on a short legal pier…”