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Miami prof sues Lat, Above the Law ATL for prostitution coverage
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Date: November 3rd, 2009 9:03 AM Author: godawful striped hyena Jones v. Minkin In September 2007, Prof. Jones was arrested and charged with solicitation of prostitution, after Miami police said that he offered $20 in exchange for sex to a woman who turned out to be an undercover cop. Of course, the story was irresistible to Above the Law, which delights in highlighting lawyers' most unlawyerly behavior. And so the blog ran numerous posts on Jones, dubbing him "The Nutty Professor" and posting the "incident report" on his arrest, on which it commented, "Note the tension between (1) Professor Jones’s pimpin’ ride, a Mercedes SL500, and (2) his alleged offer of a mere $20 to the 'undercover officer possing [sic] as a prostitute.'" It also ran a photocollage forwarded by a reader, which depicted Jones' face on a $20 bill and imagined him conversing with prostitutes. The charges were later dropped, and his record "expunged," reports the National Law Journal, and Jones remains on the Miami faculty.
But, of course, that is not the end of the story. Last week Jones, acting pro se, filed a complaint in federal court in Miami against ATL Founding Editor David Lat, as well as ATL's parent company and David Minkin, the parent's co-founder and publisher. The complaint includes three causes of action based on ATL's alleged insinuation that Jones had committed a crime, and on its posting of the photocollage: 1) false light; 2) invasion of privacy; 3) and copyright infringement, based on ATL's display of a photo of Jones.
http://copyrightsandcampaigns.blogspot.com/2009/11/law-professor-sues-above-law-blog-time.html
http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/PubArticleNLJ.jsp?id=1202435125916&slreturn=1&hbxlogin=1 |
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Date: November 3rd, 2009 9:06 AM Author: swashbuckling underhanded stage dog poop lol Jones is about to pwn them (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1127831&forum_id=2#13162062) |
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Date: November 3rd, 2009 9:11 AM Author: abnormal trailer park or not (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1127831&forum_id=2#13162077) |
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Date: November 3rd, 2009 12:56 PM Author: swashbuckling underhanded stage dog poop i take that back. if i was a judge reading that pleading, i'd be insulted. it was obviously not read over even once. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1127831&forum_id=2#13163497) |
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Date: November 3rd, 2009 9:13 AM Author: godawful striped hyena Did you read the blog post, listing the numerous ways in which Jones's pro se complaint could be dismissed? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1127831&forum_id=2#13162081) |
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Date: November 3rd, 2009 9:31 AM Author: big theater stage gaming laptop Did Jones write the complaint on construction paper with a fat gold crayon?
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Date: November 3rd, 2009 9:31 AM Author: godawful striped hyena Pretty sure law profs don't have a fucking clue about what happens in a courtroom. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1127831&forum_id=2#13162127) |
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Date: November 3rd, 2009 10:39 AM Author: Fluffy public bath haunted graveyard For the most part this is true. Most law professors would be third rate litigators if they actually had to practice. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1127831&forum_id=2#13162472) |
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Date: November 3rd, 2009 10:57 AM Author: Embarrassed to the bone cuckold Except for the civ pro guys. They would fucking pwn you with shitty memos asserting bizarre motions that you eventually will fuck up. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1127831&forum_id=2#13162603) |
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Date: November 3rd, 2009 11:46 AM Author: Avocado indecent elastic band This is true. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1127831&forum_id=2#13162973) |
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Date: November 3rd, 2009 11:54 AM Author: Fluffy public bath haunted graveyard The problem is to be a litigator you need to know both the civ pro and the evidence rules and civ pro professors tend to have only half of that knowledge. Most havent practiced in decades and forgot all the evidence stuff. You lose it if you dont use it.
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Date: November 3rd, 2009 12:19 PM Author: Embarrassed to the bone cuckold That's why I said shitty motions. You can have all the evidence you want but the fuckers will probably get it kicked. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1127831&forum_id=2#13163208) |
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Date: November 4th, 2009 6:09 AM Author: light frisky church building place of business you arent a lawyer (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1127831&forum_id=2#13173471) |
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Date: October 8th, 2010 11:37 PM Author: Curious Carmine Fanboi you're a highly moronic bitch. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1127831&forum_id=2#16248315) |
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Date: November 3rd, 2009 9:26 AM Author: Beady-eyed Business Firm Idea He Suggested he writes articles such as "Darkness Made Visible: Law, Metaphor, and the Racial Self" and drives a 100k car. system is broke. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1127831&forum_id=2#13162113) |
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Date: November 3rd, 2009 9:31 AM Author: Razzle-dazzle Purple Old Irish Cottage Therapy That horribly written complaint should be more embarrassing to UM than the original incident with police. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1127831&forum_id=2#13162123) |
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Date: November 3rd, 2009 9:35 AM Author: big theater stage gaming laptop Before I read it, I expected to respond to your post by saying that pleadings are the one place where you can write like shit and get away with it.
But after reading that festering shit pile, I agree that UM should be deeply embarrassed. |
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Date: November 3rd, 2009 9:40 AM Author: Embarrassed to the bone cuckold It sounds like he didn't even read the ATL posts in question. Or he's hoping the judge and jury never reads the posts in question. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1127831&forum_id=2#13162149) |
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Date: November 3rd, 2009 10:02 AM Author: Razzle-dazzle Purple Old Irish Cottage Therapy I seriously hope ATL mocks the complaint if it has the balls to write about it. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1127831&forum_id=2#13162223) |
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Date: November 3rd, 2009 10:30 AM Author: Embarrassed to the bone cuckold The ATL posts disclaimed all sorts of shit. The plaintiff dude is all like "my professional name by which I'm known to all is X and THEY USED MY PROFESSIONAL NAME!" (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1127831&forum_id=2#13162406) |
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Date: November 3rd, 2009 12:58 PM Author: ultramarine chad Lol.
the first paragraph break is midway down the third page. |
Date: November 3rd, 2009 9:39 AM Author: Embarrassed to the bone cuckold lol @ "Barrack Obama." (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1127831&forum_id=2#13162148) |
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Date: November 3rd, 2009 9:46 AM Author: 180 well-lubricated indian lodge This. A black law professor mispelling the (black) President's name in an opening paragraph of a Complaint filed in federal court... should be grounds for instant termination. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1127831&forum_id=2#13162167) |
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Date: November 3rd, 2009 9:50 AM Author: abnormal trailer park ...of his life (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1127831&forum_id=2#13162179) |
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Date: October 8th, 2010 11:57 PM Author: Curious Carmine Fanboi lol, howd he get hired brother (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1127831&forum_id=2#16248420) |
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Date: November 3rd, 2009 10:41 AM Author: Fluffy public bath haunted graveyard He brings up the president? WTF? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1127831&forum_id=2#13162490) |
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Date: November 3rd, 2009 10:56 AM Author: Embarrassed to the bone cuckold Apparently, David Lat is a gay man who hates blacks. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1127831&forum_id=2#13162599) |
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Date: November 3rd, 2009 11:36 AM Author: Turquoise Water Buffalo holy shit, did you read that complaint? by a *tenured* professor of law? learn how to use a comma, don't misplace your modifiers, clarify what the pronoun means. learn to spell the president's name in the first fucking paragraph.
what a god damn embarrassment. miami people, what do we know about this guy?
http://abovethelaw.com/2009/11/03/Jones%20v%20Minkin%20complaint%20Donald%20Jones%20David%20Minkin%20David%20Lat%20Dead%20Horse%20Media.pdf |
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Date: November 3rd, 2009 11:38 AM Author: Fluffy public bath haunted graveyard Now imagine how TTT the student work product is out of a school ranked that low!
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Date: November 3rd, 2009 11:39 AM Author: maniacal genital piercing native Student product is probably fine. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1127831&forum_id=2#13162928) |
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Date: November 3rd, 2009 11:45 AM Author: Fluffy public bath haunted graveyard You must go to a TTT. I bet the average UM law student would miss half the mistakes in this pleading if not more. This says all that needs to be said about the state of our profession today.
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Date: November 3rd, 2009 12:05 PM Author: maniacal genital piercing native What a truly bizarre conclusion to draw. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1127831&forum_id=2#13163096) |
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Date: November 3rd, 2009 5:47 PM Author: poppy jap Agreed. This person is not a law student. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1127831&forum_id=2#13166005) |
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Date: November 3rd, 2009 11:41 AM Author: Turquoise Water Buffalo what would be the reaction of a true Ph.D in the humanities at Miami, who's fighting for tenure at a fraction of Professor Jones's salary? Jones publishes a raft of absolute crap "crit" papers that have added nothing to the intellectual world. I presume that he cannot teach a real subject worth a damn. Any students from Miami out there?
if that complaint were handed in by a summer associate, it would damage the law student's career. it might cost her a permanent offer. but i guess it's good enough for tenure at Miami. |
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Date: November 3rd, 2009 11:39 AM Author: maniacal genital piercing native This complaint is truly a disgrace, and I am not even talking about fucking typos. Apparently, he really believes that statements such as "Or Donald Marvin Jones." are sentences. This complaint is truly truly terrible. I hope he wrote it while completely intoxicated and then put it in a mailbox to the court for fling, forgetting that he had done so and leaving him no opportunity for sober reflection. It is the only excuse. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1127831&forum_id=2#13162926) |
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Date: November 3rd, 2009 11:42 AM Author: Turquoise Water Buffalo OK, I will go that far. If he steps forward and says that over a weekend of heavy drinking he wrote this just to vent his anger and can't even remember filing it, I would forgive him and buy him another drink. Otherwise, he needs to turn in his tenure and get a real job. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1127831&forum_id=2#13162949) |
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Date: November 3rd, 2009 11:41 AM Author: thriller chapel famous landscape painting dear god. how the hell did this guy become a law professor (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1127831&forum_id=2#13162942) |
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Date: November 3rd, 2009 12:01 PM Author: Turquoise Water Buffalo [cough cough] look at the title of his articles. draw your own conclusions. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1127831&forum_id=2#13163072) |
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Date: November 3rd, 2009 12:36 PM Author: plum racy plaza knife P.S.
The professor pro se litigant was Albert Einstein |
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Date: November 4th, 2009 12:24 PM Author: Mind-boggling Death Wish Mediation do you enjoy making things die? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1127831&forum_id=2#13174923) |
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Date: November 3rd, 2009 1:04 PM Author: ultramarine chad "learn to spell the president's name in the first fucking paragraph."
To be fair, the first paragraph is 2 pages longe. Bound to be a typo in there somehwere. |
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Date: November 3rd, 2009 11:44 AM Author: Turquoise Water Buffalo Let's post our favorite sentences. I'll start:
"This name calling, stereotyping is still displayed." (Preliminary Statement) |
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Date: November 3rd, 2009 11:52 AM Author: Fluffy public bath haunted graveyard I dont know what's worse, S&C missing a death penalty appeal deadline or this. This profession is totally broken.
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Date: November 3rd, 2009 5:54 PM Author: bespoke impertinent theatre mental disorder Just eliminate all schools below T20 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1127831&forum_id=2#13166082) |
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Date: November 4th, 2009 4:12 AM Author: Curious Carmine Fanboi the S&C lawyers went to elite schools. so did the prof (i believe). (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1127831&forum_id=2#13173303) |
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Date: November 3rd, 2009 11:52 AM Author: thriller chapel famous landscape painting "Plaintiff demands a trial by jury on all issues that are friable." (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1127831&forum_id=2#13163012) |
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Date: November 3rd, 2009 11:55 AM Author: Turquoise Water Buffalo lulz. btw, friable is a real word. it means something like "crumbly." (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1127831&forum_id=2#13163031) |
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Date: November 4th, 2009 4:09 AM Author: blue cruise ship Capable of being easily crumbled or reduced to powder; pulverizable, crumbly. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1127831&forum_id=2#13173289) |
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Date: November 3rd, 2009 11:55 AM Author: Fluffy public bath haunted graveyard and he wants 44 million dollars! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1127831&forum_id=2#13163032) |
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Date: November 3rd, 2009 12:03 PM Author: Laughsome Yapping Faggot Firefighter Point Incredible. Also, I checked the original ATL posts out of curiosity, and they never refer to the incident report as an "arrest record." |
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Date: November 3rd, 2009 12:05 PM Author: Turquoise Water Buffalo So, you're saying that Rule 11 is in play? I think it is, because one site showed that the tort was emphatically rejected by the Florida Supreme Court within the last year. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1127831&forum_id=2#13163093) |
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Date: November 3rd, 2009 2:22 PM Author: Fluffy public bath haunted graveyard You can amend pleadings basically as of right once in virtually every jurisdiction. A mistake in a pleading like that typically doesnt get you sanctions unless you really piss off the judge or cost the other side a lot of money. Usually the lawyer gets a chance to amend if its early in the case and there has been no real prejudice. Opposing counsel should just call him on the phone and send a letter saying "ammend your pleading or I will file for sanctions" and cite that case. Courts dont like using Rule 11. And the court will question how a motion under Rule 11 is more cost effective than a one paragraph letter to the other side.
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Date: November 3rd, 2009 8:58 PM Author: Ruddy Dopamine Since you keep going on about the profession being broken and the ineptitude of students that are clearly beneath you, perhaps I should point out that not only "should" he send a letter, he is required to send a draft motion to counsel before filing. Therefore, your post is, at best, misleading, and at worst, a demonstration of your lack of knowledge about common rules of civil procedure.
FYI: A motion for sanctions must be made separately from any other motion and must describe the specific conduct that allegedly violates Rule 11(b). The motion must be served under Rule 5, but it must not be filed or be presented to the court if the challenged paper, claim, defense, contention, or denial is withdrawn or appropriately corrected within 21 days after service or within another time the court sets. If warranted, the court may award to the prevailing party the reasonable expenses, including attorney's fees, incurred for the motion. |
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Date: November 4th, 2009 1:41 PM Author: low-t lettuce institution Exactly why go through the trouble of creating a draft motion when a letter can remedy the defect? All he is saying is you probably dont need a motion and the goal is not to waste several thousand of your clients dollars when a one page letter will likely suffice. You give opposing counsel like 5 days to remedy the defect and you put together you motion if you dont hear back from them.
Being that aggressive early on in litigation can backfire on you in more ways than one.
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Date: December 9th, 2010 9:53 PM Author: Vermilion whorehouse ceo (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1127831&forum_id=2#16769492) |
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Date: November 4th, 2009 4:11 AM Author: blue cruise ship Awesome. It's like it was bablefished from Japanese. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1127831&forum_id=2#13173297) |
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Date: November 3rd, 2009 11:50 AM Author: Misunderstood theater philosopher-king wow. wtf. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1127831&forum_id=2#13162994) |
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Date: November 3rd, 2009 11:51 AM Author: Turquoise Water Buffalo After the number of the paragraph and the start of the sentence, he uses no space, one space, and two spaces, seemingly whimsically.
At other times, he goes straight from the number to the first word, or uses a mother fucking comma -- seriously, I am not making this up -- after the number.
But, I wonder, is my criticism just a white man's failure to credit crit-punctuation? |
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Date: November 3rd, 2009 11:53 AM Author: Misunderstood theater philosopher-king u sir, r a racist. ur not taking into account the EXPERIENCE AND BACKGROUND of the writer. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1127831&forum_id=2#13163015) |
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Date: November 3rd, 2009 11:55 AM Author: Turquoise Water Buffalo i, will start using; crit-punc myself . (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1127831&forum_id=2#13163035) |
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Date: November 4th, 2009 12:27 PM Author: Mind-boggling Death Wish Mediation this complaint is just one big homage to e.e. cummings, bro. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1127831&forum_id=2#13174947) |
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Date: November 3rd, 2009 11:58 AM Author: flushed rebellious piazza "Barrack Obama"
"Enjoining ATL to remove all pictures..."
"Plaintiff demands a trial by jury on all issues that are friable"
This complaint must have been written in extreme haste. |
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Date: November 3rd, 2009 12:04 PM Author: thriller chapel famous landscape painting i can't imagine producing something so shitty even in my most extreme haste. the ONLY valid excuse would be rip-roaring drunkenness. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1127831&forum_id=2#13163089) |
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Date: November 3rd, 2009 12:04 PM Author: Laughsome Yapping Faggot Firefighter Point Abovethelaw.blog (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1127831&forum_id=2#13163091) |
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Date: November 3rd, 2009 11:58 AM Author: Turquoise Water Buffalo he accuses Lat of trying to "re-rout" traffic on teh internets. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1127831&forum_id=2#13163059) |
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Date: November 3rd, 2009 12:08 PM Author: Turquoise Water Buffalo i particularly like creative use of commas. from paragraph 15:
"The articles ridiculing, name-calling and portraying Jones, as the embodiment of animalistic stereotypes served no legitimate purpose." |
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Date: November 3rd, 2009 12:08 PM Author: lilac sadistic toilet seat Will someone not at work please email him a link to this thread?
djones@law.miami.edu
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Date: November 3rd, 2009 5:59 PM Author: abnormal trailer park A+++++++++++ this needs to happen (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1127831&forum_id=2#13166119) |
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Date: November 3rd, 2009 6:34 PM Author: Motley jet ticket booth 2nd (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1127831&forum_id=2#13166504) |
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Date: November 3rd, 2009 12:11 PM Author: Turquoise Water Buffalo paragraph 26: random capitalization of the word "Criminal." but do you think that he's just going with mid-1700s style on that? if so, i deeply apologize. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1127831&forum_id=2#13163144) |
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Date: November 3rd, 2009 12:12 PM Author: hyperactive henna box office I read the first paragraph and I'm amazed. His argument is basically "you're a RACIST!"
how typically black. |
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Date: November 3rd, 2009 12:17 PM Author: puce rehab love of her life racist. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1127831&forum_id=2#13163195) |
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Date: November 3rd, 2009 12:16 PM Author: lilac sadistic toilet seat "Venue is proper in this judicial district pursuant to 28 USC 13919(a)(2) . . . ."
Pretty sure this dood has never practiced law. |
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Date: November 3rd, 2009 12:17 PM Author: Turquoise Water Buffalo is 13919 the zip code for miami? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1127831&forum_id=2#13163193) |
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Date: November 3rd, 2009 9:00 PM Author: Ruddy Dopamine It's the affirmative action statute set forth in O'Connor's opinion in the U of M case. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1127831&forum_id=2#13168298) |
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Date: October 9th, 2010 12:52 AM Author: cordovan orchestra pit he graduated NYU (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1127831&forum_id=2#16248853) |
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Date: November 3rd, 2009 12:18 PM Author: Curious Carmine Fanboi i've emailed him this thread. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1127831&forum_id=2#13163197) |
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Date: November 3rd, 2009 12:19 PM Author: hyperactive henna box office tyty
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Date: November 3rd, 2009 12:20 PM Author: lilac sadistic toilet seat Really? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1127831&forum_id=2#13163215) |
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Date: November 3rd, 2009 12:23 PM Author: Curious Carmine Fanboi yep. I mentioned that the document contains numerous grammatical and spelling errors, and that it's currently being discussed on this site (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1127831&forum_id=2#13163232) |
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Date: November 3rd, 2009 12:30 PM Author: lilac sadistic toilet seat You should have also included a link to FRCP 15(a)(1). (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1127831&forum_id=2#13163296) |
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Date: November 3rd, 2009 12:36 PM Author: histrionic kitchen let's not give him any bright ideas (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1127831&forum_id=2#13163342) |
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Date: November 3rd, 2009 12:46 PM Author: lilac sadistic toilet seat I like him. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1127831&forum_id=2#13163425) |
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Date: November 3rd, 2009 12:23 PM Author: vivacious lake pit electric furnace I wonder if the prof. will perform as admirably as Italian Stallion? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1127831&forum_id=2#13163235) |
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Date: November 3rd, 2009 6:00 PM Author: abnormal trailer park lawsuit #2-->> your chariot awaits! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1127831&forum_id=2#13166125) |
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Date: November 3rd, 2009 12:25 PM Author: nighttime sickened address holy fuck. "this combines defamation, false light, invasion of privacy, and racism."
since when is racism a tort COA? |
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Date: November 3rd, 2009 12:54 PM Author: vibrant frozen set At any rate he waived it by not pleading that all of the elements of racism were met. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1127831&forum_id=2#13163483) |
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Date: November 3rd, 2009 6:00 PM Author: abnormal trailer park since right motherfucking now, mang (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1127831&forum_id=2#13166128) |
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Date: November 3rd, 2009 12:28 PM Author: Turquoise Water Buffalo "Because we conclude that false light is largely duplicative of existing torts, but without the attendant protections of the First Amendment, we decline to recognize the tort...."
Jews for Jesus, Inc. v. Rapp, 997 So.2d 1098 (Fla. 2008) |
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Date: November 3rd, 2009 12:31 PM Author: histrionic kitchen awesome (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1127831&forum_id=2#13163306) |
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Date: November 3rd, 2009 12:37 PM Author: puce rehab love of her life if i were a law prof and wanted to sue people, i'd ask my fellow profs for help, precisely to avoid mistakes like overlooking stuff like this. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1127831&forum_id=2#13163357) |
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Date: November 3rd, 2009 12:39 PM Author: Turquoise Water Buffalo i don't disagree, but are you suggesting that a tenured law professor should assume that he's incompetent to draft a basic complaint? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1127831&forum_id=2#13163362) |
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Date: November 3rd, 2009 12:43 PM Author: puce rehab love of her life nah, that he should have at least asked his colleagues to do a once-over to catch any huge problems. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1127831&forum_id=2#13163398) |
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Date: November 3rd, 2009 12:44 PM Author: Turquoise Water Buffalo good point.
he could have handed a draft to a homeless woman living out of a garbage bin and the text would have been improved. |
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Date: November 3rd, 2009 12:52 PM Author: histrionic kitchen absolutely. At least if the complaint is in an area (or areas) of law where you lack even rudimentary knowledge.
Or, if you insist on drafting it yourself, running it by at least one person who has local expertise in that area. I bet that any plaintiff's attorney in the state who even remotely deals with tort law knew of the case and could tell the prof to at least drop that claim. |
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Date: November 3rd, 2009 12:39 PM Author: Avocado indecent elastic band 180
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Date: November 3rd, 2009 12:29 PM Author: lilac sadistic toilet seat Dear Prof. Jones,
I hope you read this thread. After reading your complaint, I can see how this would survive an MTD, but you need to ask yourself where this is likely to end up.
Have you thought about what's going to happen when Lat takes the depositions of the arresting officers? Do you think they're gonna confirm your story, or are they gonna say you offered a female cop $20 for a CBJ? All of those transcripts are public documents, and if Lat wants to screw you, he can freely post them to ATL for everyone's perusal. You should count yourself lucky that the cops didn't pursue charges, and just lay low for a few years until this blows over.
P.S. Were you really forced to take the exit to the red light district by someone cutting you off? I can't imagine how that would happen. Please DESCRIBE the circumstances.
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Date: November 3rd, 2009 12:33 PM Author: Turquoise Water Buffalo and then had to take a side street after exiting . . . . (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1127831&forum_id=2#13163321) |
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Date: November 3rd, 2009 12:41 PM Author: lilac sadistic toilet seat http://abovethelaw.com/d_marvin_jones/
It looks like the cops themselves described it as an "arrest." They say DMJ "engaged in conversation with undercover . . . during the conversation defendant attempted to offer $20.00 for sex from undercover officer possing as a prostitute."
See Professor, those depos are NOT going to be fun for you, whether your record was expunged or not. |
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Date: November 3rd, 2009 12:42 PM Author: Turquoise Water Buffalo will he dismiss and say the whole point was simply to clear his name through the filing? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1127831&forum_id=2#13163392) |
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Date: November 3rd, 2009 12:47 PM Author: lilac sadistic toilet seat That's the only thing to do at this point. And change his IRL moniker to D.M. Jones. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1127831&forum_id=2#13163437) |
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Date: November 3rd, 2009 12:48 PM Author: Turquoise Water Buffalo and co-author a book with professor gates? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1127831&forum_id=2#13163450) |
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Date: November 3rd, 2009 12:55 PM Author: spectacular medicated base mad-dog skullcap actually, on the 836 it's very easy to hit the ghetto because the right lanes all turn to exit off ramps as you get near downtown and if you forget to exit the highway it dead ends in overtown. that's the one believable part, even though clearly he wanted some head. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1127831&forum_id=2#13163490) |
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Date: November 3rd, 2009 12:50 PM Author: spectacular medicated base mad-dog skullcap d marvin jones is a cool guy. not sure if he's a good professor but i've talked with him and he's pretty witty. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1127831&forum_id=2#13163461) |
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Date: November 3rd, 2009 1:03 PM Author: Turquoise Water Buffalo does he teach core courses, or just crit race? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1127831&forum_id=2#13163547) |
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Date: November 3rd, 2009 1:01 PM Author: ultramarine chad FYI, Minkins is NOT the "the Registrar" of AboveTheLaw.com. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1127831&forum_id=2#13163526) |
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Date: November 3rd, 2009 1:03 PM Author: godawful striped hyena Volokh suggests Rule 11 sanctions are appropriate: http://volokh.com/2009/11/03/prof-donald-jones-lawsuit-against-above-the-law/ (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1127831&forum_id=2#13163552) |
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Date: November 3rd, 2009 2:38 PM Author: big theater stage gaming laptop That shit never gets granted. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1127831&forum_id=2#13164227) |
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Date: November 3rd, 2009 1:17 PM Author: charismatic marketing idea tanning salon To be fair,
ITT: Everyone gets sued under the ancient common law action of "Trespass to a Professor's Ego" |
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Date: November 3rd, 2009 1:37 PM Author: ocher gas station turdskin his complaint is shitty, but his articles place pretty highly in journals. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1127831&forum_id=2#13163792) |
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Date: November 3rd, 2009 1:43 PM Author: Laughsome Yapping Faggot Firefighter Point Seems like he's bought his own bullshit, because THAT'S RACIST is his only "friable" cause of action. And judging from this complaint, some poor lr staffer probably has to put in a shitload of work to get one of his articles into publishable shape. |
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Date: November 3rd, 2009 1:56 PM Author: ocher gas station turdskin "And judging from this complaint, some poor lr staffer probably has to put in a shitload of work to get one of his articles into publishable shape. "
so he's like any other professor. |
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Date: November 3rd, 2009 6:02 PM Author: bespoke impertinent theatre mental disorder My profs in our law school (top 3) wrote, edited and submitted their own articles... for the most part (some entirely) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1127831&forum_id=2#13166141) |
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Date: November 3rd, 2009 2:14 PM Author: ultramarine chad Sure *I* can't see the Emperor's clothes, but those tailors say they're magnificent! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1127831&forum_id=2#13164072) |
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Date: November 3rd, 2009 2:30 PM Author: nighttime sickened address (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1127831&forum_id=2#13164168) |
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Date: November 3rd, 2009 1:58 PM Author: ocher gas station turdskin the problem here is not that his complaint was terrible; almost all law professors would write bad complaints. the problem is the temerity to not realize that he's not an actual lawyer and can't do this type of work. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1127831&forum_id=2#13163940) |
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Date: November 3rd, 2009 2:20 PM Author: thriller chapel famous landscape painting the latter problem is only worse in the abstract. i would expect most prof's to write poor complaints, but the degree of suckitude in that complaint is unthinkable. this guy shouldn't even be a high school teacher for christ sake. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1127831&forum_id=2#13164099) |
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Date: November 3rd, 2009 2:30 PM Author: nighttime sickened address no, the problem is the guy apparently cannot type or proofread basic written english. also, the problem is he's a race-obsessed moron of the worst type. elie mystal levels of race-obsession with this dude. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1127831&forum_id=2#13164166) |
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Date: November 3rd, 2009 6:41 PM Author: Motley jet ticket booth This guy makes mystal look like david duke. His writing makes mystal look like Dostoyevsky. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1127831&forum_id=2#13166566) |
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Date: November 3rd, 2009 2:34 PM Author: histrionic kitchen Going beyond the legal issues, though, the complaint just butchers proper English. That's the real travesty here. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1127831&forum_id=2#13164185) |
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Date: November 3rd, 2009 1:59 PM Author: umber soggy friendly grandma mexican Too bad Elie has to keep his mouth shut. It would be AWESOME to hear his idiotic opinion on his own casee. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1127831&forum_id=2#13163950) |
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Date: November 3rd, 2009 3:50 PM Author: Hairraiser Useless Karate This is what I've been hoping for.
Lat should let Elie write on this topic and go out in a supernova. Elie trying to support this guy's legal arguments while simultaneously accusing the police of being racist would possibly lead to the best comments in ATL history.
It'd also let Lat finally pull the plug on Elie. |
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Date: November 3rd, 2009 3:17 PM Author: zippy insanely creepy parlor (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1127831&forum_id=2#13164508) |
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Date: November 3rd, 2009 5:51 PM Author: stimulating submissive parlour ladyboy (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1127831&forum_id=2#13166040) |
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Date: November 3rd, 2009 5:58 PM Author: Curious Carmine Fanboi i've seen some horribly drafted complaints in my lifetime. this one really isn't all that different. his briefs should be better. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1127831&forum_id=2#13166115) |
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Date: November 3rd, 2009 6:43 PM Author: Motley jet ticket booth It will be interesting to see if he can come up with a non-frivolous claim bc at this point he's got nothing resembling a legitimate COA. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1127831&forum_id=2#13166582) |
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Date: November 3rd, 2009 9:02 PM Author: Ruddy Dopamine I've seen much worse, but they are usually only present in small stakes state court cases where some soft-tissue solo guy has his secretary format previous negligence complaints. Never something like this in a high-profile federal filing by a lawyer. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1127831&forum_id=2#13168329) |
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Date: November 4th, 2009 4:19 AM Author: blue cruise ship tellmemore about kerea (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1127831&forum_id=2#13173328) |
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Date: November 4th, 2009 3:30 AM Author: Domesticated naked senate legend he should've asked his research assistant to proof it (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1127831&forum_id=2#13173120) |
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Date: November 4th, 2009 12:21 PM Author: maniacal genital piercing native Lat enjoyed this thread so much, he linked it on ATL. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1127831&forum_id=2#13174901) |
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Date: November 4th, 2009 1:52 PM Author: godawful striped hyena It's only because ATL can't "discuss" the case, so he's driving traffic here to "discuss" it. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1127831&forum_id=2#13175712) |
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Date: November 4th, 2009 2:20 PM Author: maniacal genital piercing native He rarely links us, so he must just enjoy the pwnage laid out in this thread. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1127831&forum_id=2#13175904) |
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Date: November 4th, 2009 3:00 PM Author: godawful striped hyena Case voluntarily dismissed without prejudice. He may find a real attorney to refile. Randazza helped Lat out.
http://abovethelaw.com/2009/11/breaking_jones_v_minkin_dismis.php |
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Date: November 4th, 2009 3:03 PM Author: Curious Carmine Fanboi randazza can be self-righteous at times. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1127831&forum_id=2#13176258) |
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Date: November 4th, 2009 3:04 PM Author: godawful striped hyena ya think? he's uppity for a barry prof. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1127831&forum_id=2#13176264) |
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Date: November 8th, 2009 1:48 PM Author: irate bawdyhouse Yeah, I can be. i think that anyone who deeply believes in what they do can cross that line from time to time. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1127831&forum_id=2#13214481) |
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Date: November 8th, 2009 1:51 PM Author: Razzle-dazzle Purple Old Irish Cottage Therapy congrats on the Glen Beck case dooder (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1127831&forum_id=2#13214505) |
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Date: October 8th, 2010 11:33 PM Author: stimulating submissive parlour ladyboy LOL (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1127831&forum_id=2#16248282) |
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Date: November 4th, 2009 3:10 PM Author: lilac sadistic toilet seat I don't normally make comments like this, but it's pretty clear that Prof. Jones read my comment supra and heeded my advice.
Prof. Jones, if ur reading this, you owe me $340 for my time. |
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Date: October 9th, 2010 12:06 AM Author: Curious Carmine Fanboi shut the fuck up faggot. sue that. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1127831&forum_id=2#16248472) |
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Date: November 4th, 2009 7:59 PM Author: wonderful narrow-minded half-breed heaven LOL (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1127831&forum_id=2#13179081) |
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Date: January 26th, 2011 9:38 PM Author: stimulating submissive parlour ladyboy (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1127831&forum_id=2#17145676) |
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Date: February 8th, 2011 3:14 PM Author: at-the-ready provocative mad cow disease locus How does this guy still have a job? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1127831&forum_id=2#17238853) |
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Date: February 8th, 2011 3:24 PM Author: boyish home ty for bumping this gem (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1127831&forum_id=2#17238915) |
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Date: February 8th, 2011 5:17 PM Author: out-of-control hairy legs djones@law.miami.edu
someone email him a link |
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Date: February 8th, 2011 5:35 PM Author: passionate elite hall party of the first part holy fuck that complaint (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1127831&forum_id=2#17239653) |
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Date: February 8th, 2011 5:38 PM Author: boyish home I've seen prisoner pro se pleadings that were literally 10 times better than that. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1127831&forum_id=2#17239671) |
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Date: February 8th, 2011 5:47 PM Author: passionate elite hall party of the first part i like how he starts by listing all the good things he's done and bad things he's experienced (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1127831&forum_id=2#17239705) |