Thursday, October 11, 2007

Oh those amusing judges...

Here's a funny footnote from the dissent in the 9th Circuit opinion in Stewart v. Thorpe Holding Co. (2000):

"Notwithstanding the majority's views to the contrary, if this language--situated in a patch of florid prose at the very end of the opinion, well after the Seventh Circuit had completed its analysis--is not dicta, then there is no such thing as dicta at all."

4 Comments:

Blogger Nell said...

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3:02 PM  
Blogger Nell said...

Oh those lawyers and their law humor...

(Sorry, I was the one with the deleted comment. To bad for you because it was some great dicta.)

3:04 PM  
Blogger Scarlet Panda said...

That's pretty awesome.

Also, you should change the heading on your blog, because you're not a student any more.

2:34 PM  
Blogger Scarlet Panda said...

Also, Nell's not a law student.

Also, you never talk about prose rhythm.

2:36 PM  

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