Champions
When I was in high school I went out for football. To be a starter all I had to do was beat out Art Branstatter. Since I was 6’ tall and weighed 141 pounds I had my work cut out for me. Also, Art was All State, a High School All-American, and 6 years later the Captain of Michigan States football team. After an honest appraisal of my chances, I decided to be a wrestler instead. Now being a wrestler in the Lansing area [I went to East Lansing] wasn’t a bad deal. We usually had a pretty good [...]
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Provotie the dog
In Georgia recently, a case has come up involving a dog. A pit-bull to be exact. A county in Georgia has filed a petition to have the pit-bull destroyed. Not because it bit anyone, but because they think it might be dangerous. The Judge hearing the case has appointed a lawyer to represent the dog and its owners, who don’t want their pet killed. Appointing an attorney to represent a dog seems a little out of the ordinary, but certainly within the authority of the court. In this case the interests of the dog in not wanting to be killed for [...]
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Important memos
OK, all you mom’s out there….for your shopping list, “bread, milk, eggs, acrylic acid….” that’s right. Don’t forget the acrylic acid. It turns out that’s the main ingredient in disposable diapers! It also happens that most of the worlds supply is made by the Nippon Shokubai Company inJapan. 460,000 tons to be exact. And it also happens that they had a big explosion last month and there is going to be a world wide shortage of disposable diapers! So be forewarned, and stock up now. Or buy some cloth diapers. Ask your grandmother what using them is like! Bad [...]
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Ahoy there!
The U.S. Supreme Court doesn’t hear many cases. Thousands are submitted to the Court, but they only pick a few [called “granting certiorari”] to be heard. The Court only picks cases that it feels haveissues important enough for their review. About 25% of the Courts docket involves commercial cases between corporations or between the Federal Government and corporations. These disputes tend to be so convoluted that it’s difficult to even understand what the issues are. But then along comes a case like the one to be decided this term called City of Riviera Beach v. That certain Unnamed Gray, Two-Story [...]
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Lawyer advertising
I’ve never liked advertising by lawyers. Before the 1970s it was unethical and prohibited by the Bar Association. I wish it were still that way, but the wheels of commerce turned and now you have “Sam” and “Call Lee Free” in your living rooms everyday dangling the carrot of easy money, if you’d just call. Easy money is also known as “You may be entitled to significant compensation.” Doctors didn’t escape the degradation of hawking their services either. Until recently if you were driving toMidlandyou’d see a billboard touting the Hemorrhoid Clinics of America. What can you say [...]
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