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March 07, 2006
Leif Clark denies motion on grounds of incomprehensibility
The indefatigable Peter Lattman shares with us this hilarious opinion by Bankruptcy Judge Leif Clark of San Antonio, who cites a scene from the Adam Sandler movie, Billy Madison, in concluding that "[t]he court cannot determine the substance, if any, of the Defendant’s legal argument, nor can the court even ascertain the relief that the Defendant is requesting. The Defendant’s motion is accordingly denied for being incomprehensible.”
A friend of mine commented that Judge Clark's opinion reminded him of Houston-based U.S. District Judge Lynn Hughes' reaction several years ago to a particularly illiterate FDIC motion to substitute counsel. After marking up the proposed form of order to delete surplusage, Judge Hughes wrote the following message in bold pen under his signature to the attorney who had drafted the motion:
"How did you write before your lobotomy?"
Posted by Tom at March 7, 2006 03:10 AM
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An order entered by Judge Lief Clark of the US Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Texas:Before the court is a motion entitled “Defendant’s Motion to Discharge Response to Plaintiff’s Response to Defendant’s Response Opposing Objection... [Read More]
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� Judicial Smackdown from ProfessorBainbridge.com
An order entered by Judge Lief Clark of the US Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Texas:Before the court is a motion entitled “Defendant’s Motion to Discharge Response to Plaintiff’s Response to Defendant’s Response Opposing Objection... [Read More]
Tracked on March 7, 2006 02:23 PM
Comments
Nothing tops Judge Kent's (in?)famous 2001 opinion.
Posted by: TP at March 7, 2006 09:11 AM
Judge Parisot, a magistrate in the District Court of Kootenai County, Idaho, in the 80's was presiding over a particularly ridiculous divorce matter. As the parties argued over a wife who didn't clean enough vs. a wife who cleaned constantly, the judge wrote, whether or not a house "...is clean is a matter of immaculate conception."
Posted by: Marti at March 8, 2006 02:28 PM
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