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Date: November 3rd, 2009 9:03 AM Author: Out-of-control Spruce Sweet Tailpipe
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
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1127831&forum_id=2#13162057) |
Date: November 3rd, 2009 11:44 AM Author: vibrant umber office
Let's post our favorite sentences. I'll start:
"This name calling, stereotyping is still displayed." (Preliminary Statement)
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1127831&forum_id=2#13162962) |
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Date: November 3rd, 2009 8:58 PM Author: purple thriller sandwich hissy fit
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.
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1127831&forum_id=2#13168273) |
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Date: November 4th, 2009 1:41 PM Author: Deep Burgundy Brethren Organic Girlfriend
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.
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1127831&forum_id=2#13175628)
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Date: November 3rd, 2009 11:51 AM Author: vibrant umber office
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?
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1127831&forum_id=2#13163003) |
Date: November 3rd, 2009 11:58 AM Author: saffron selfie
"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.
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1127831&forum_id=2#13163051) |
Date: November 3rd, 2009 12:08 PM Author: vibrant umber office
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."
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1127831&forum_id=2#13163117) |
Date: November 3rd, 2009 12:08 PM Author: Glittery Sexy Sound Barrier
Will someone not at work please email him a link to this thread?
djones@law.miami.edu
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1127831&forum_id=2#13163118)
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Date: November 3rd, 2009 12:12 PM Author: crawly nibblets
I read the first paragraph and I'm amazed. His argument is basically "you're a RACIST!"
how typically black.
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1127831&forum_id=2#13163155) |
Date: November 3rd, 2009 12:16 PM Author: Glittery Sexy Sound Barrier
"Venue is proper in this judicial district pursuant to 28 USC 13919(a)(2) . . . ."
Pretty sure this dood has never practiced law.
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1127831&forum_id=2#13163179) |
Date: November 3rd, 2009 12:25 PM Author: impressive wagecucks station
holy fuck. "this combines defamation, false light, invasion of privacy, and racism."
since when is racism a tort COA?
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1127831&forum_id=2#13163262) |
Date: November 3rd, 2009 12:28 PM Author: vibrant umber office
"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)
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1127831&forum_id=2#13163287) |
Date: November 3rd, 2009 12:29 PM Author: Glittery Sexy Sound Barrier
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.
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1127831&forum_id=2#13163288)
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Date: November 3rd, 2009 12:41 PM Author: Glittery Sexy Sound Barrier
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.
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1127831&forum_id=2#13163382) |
Date: November 3rd, 2009 1:17 PM Author: misanthropic depressive stock car
To be fair,
ITT: Everyone gets sued under the ancient common law action of "Trespass to a Professor's Ego"
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1127831&forum_id=2#13163641) |
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Date: November 3rd, 2009 3:50 PM Author: bateful doctorate
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.
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1127831&forum_id=2#13164790) |
Date: November 4th, 2009 3:00 PM Author: Out-of-control Spruce Sweet Tailpipe
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
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1127831&forum_id=2#13176234) |
Date: February 8th, 2011 5:17 PM Author: motley church building roommate
djones@law.miami.edu
someone email him a link
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1127831&forum_id=2#17239549) |
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