Is there something about the name Sam that does it? U.S. District Judge Sam Kent in Texas has long been famed for his colorful excoriations of lawyers in his court whose practice does not come up to his standards (see May 14, Sept. 6, 2001 and links from there). Now, per Curmudgeonly Clerk (Aug. 11) who got it from Begging to Differ, Judge Sam Sparks, another federal district court judge in Texas, has just penned an opinion complaining that his duties in supervising the lawyers in a commercial dispute now resemble those of “a person who supervised kindergarten. … The Court simply wants to scream to these lawyers, ‘Get a life'”. (Klein-Becker v. Stanley, PDF)
When the judge is a curmudge, cont’d
Is there something about the name Sam that does it? U.S. District Judge Sam Kent in Texas has long been famed for his colorful excoriations of lawyers in his court whose practice does not come up to his standards (see May 14, Sept. 6, 2001 and links from there). Now, per Curmudgeonly Clerk (Aug. 11) […]
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Should Judges Be Civil, Just As Is Expected of Lawyers?
On July 21, a federal judge in Texas mocked some lawyers in an opinion that included this language: When the undersigned accepted the appointment from the President of the United States of the position now held, he was ready to
Should Judges Be Civil, Just As Is Expected of Lawyers?
On July 21, a federal judge in Texas mocked some lawyers in an opinion that included this language: When the undersigned accepted the appointment from the President of the United States of the position now held, he was ready to