Legal Commentary

Here's an unusual tool for teaching summary judgment to civil procedure students.  In a case against Eminem for defamation, Michigan state court judge Deborah Servitto composed a rap about the state-law summary judgment rule.  (HT: Christopher Bignell, who has put our class blog to good use, and smoking gun website post).

Here's the key language:

Eminem maintains that the story is true
And that Bailey beat him black and blue
In the alternative he states that the story is phony
And a reasonable person would think it's baloney

The Court must always balance the rights
Of a defendant and one placed in a false light
If the plaintiff presents no question of fact
To dismiss is the only acceptable act.