{"id":9136,"date":"2012-06-18T18:08:59","date_gmt":"2012-06-18T22:08:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sidebarforplaintiffs.naomifein.net\/?p=9136"},"modified":"2012-06-18T18:08:59","modified_gmt":"2012-06-18T22:08:59","slug":"a-court-decision-that-beautifully-illustrates-a-bunch-of-legal-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sidebarforplaintiffs.naomifein.net\/?p=9136","title":{"rendered":"A court decision that beautifully illustrates a bunch of legal issues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As I was messing around in twitter, posting something (yes, yes, I tweet), I noticed <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.wsj.com\/law\/2012\/06\/18\/daily-writing-sample-that-1956-mercury-coupe\/\">a wonderful lawsuit bit from the Wall Street Journal&#8217;s Law Blog<\/a>. It manages simultaneously to be<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Entertaining (it&#8217;s about a 1956 red Mercury)<\/li>\n<li>Crazy-wild (a father gives Mercury to son and then steals it back)<\/li>\n<li>An example of excellent, i.e., not conventional legal writing, from, in this case, a judge<\/li>\n<li>And a sharp reminder of the crucial importance of statutes of limitations, i.e., filing deadlines, i.e., showing up on time.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As I was messing around in twitter, posting something (yes, yes, I tweet), I noticed a wonderful lawsuit bit from the Wall Street Journal&#8217;s Law Blog. It manages simultaneously to be Entertaining (it&#8217;s about a 1956 red Mercury) Crazy-wild (a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sidebarforplaintiffs.naomifein.net\/?p=9136\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[337],"tags":[436,367,496],"class_list":["post-9136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-legal-news","tag-law-and-the-courts","tag-statutes-of-limitations","tag-the-judge"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A wonderfully written judge&#039;s opinion about a shining, red 1956 Mercury coupe.\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"max-image-preview:large\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Naomi\"\/>\n\t<meta name=\"keywords\" content=\"wall 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