Miscellaneous
: the (new) legal writerCandor toward the tribunal
Spotted on Legal Antics:
?Comes now the Appellant, by counsel, and moves the Court to reschedule the Oral Argument currently scheduled for August 1, 2007. The grounds for this motion are that undersigned counsel will be out of town in Oregon, on a 350-mile bicycle trip from July 30 through August 4, 2007, for no other reason than to please his wife. Counsel assures this panel that Oral Argument would be more enjoyable than the aforementioned bike trip.?
Full post as published by the (new) legal writer on June 11, 2008 (boomark / email).

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