Only a true advocate . . .

Law school sometimes has its pleasures. For instances, judges with a good sense of ironic humor. One of the cases I had to read for Property this week involves the ownership of the baseball with which Bond set his record breaking 73rd home run.

Plaintiff Popov caught the ball, was tackled by a mob who "engaged in violent illegal behavior" and subsequently lost control of the ball. The defendant Hayashi - who plaintiff says bit another guy's leg, but the court says the video tape doesn't support that - picked up the loose ball, and when the crowd was under control, proudly displayed it to the videocamera. Popov saw Hayashi had the ball, expressed relief and grabbed for it. Mr. Hayashi pulled thee ball way.

At this point in the description of the case, the judge put the following footnote: "Defense counsel has attempted to characterize this encounter as one in which Popov congratulates Mr. Hayashi for getting the ball and offers him a high five. This is an argument that only a true advocate could embrace."

LOL!!! Okay, this is probably one of those times that my friend says "but people who aren't in lawschool just don't get the joke," but I was laughing for like two minutes straight at that last sentence. You can just see some old judge looking over the bench going "Nice try, I don't think so."

But yes, I just had to share.