Recent Posts from Say What?!
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November 1998 - Beware of ExpertsFrom Walter L. Taylor of Houston (Harris & Taylor), this excerpt from a deposition his partner, Steve Harris, was taking of a "fairly well-respected" doctor at a major medical facility…
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May 1998 - Did They Really Say That?From Marc J. Shrake of Minneapolis (Zelle & Larson), this excerpt from the deposition of his client, the owner of a tree removal service.Q. Now, is the crew…
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November 1997 - Let Me Make This Abundantly ClearFrom District Judge Robert P. Brotherto of Wichita Falls (30th District Court), this argument made by the plaintiff's attorney in a motion for summary judgment in a…
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November 2008 - Did They Really Say That?From Bruce R. Hardesty of Austin (King & Hardesty), this excerpt from the deposition he took of a witness to a hit-and-run automobile accident - who, with his…
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September 2001 - Doing Voir Dire From Pierre T. Williams of El Paso (Pierre is an Assistant County attorney), this excerpt from voir dire in a juvenile delinquency proceeding.Mr. Williams: We're going to have police…
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November 1998 - Did They Really Say That?From Jeff Patterson of Dallas (Hartline, Dacus, Dreyer & Kern), this "very strange and humorous deposition" excerpt in one of his firm's cases.Q. Tell me all the people…
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July 1998 - Classic Typos(1) From "a reprint of Roe v. Wade in a prominent constitutional law case book:" The third reason is the State's interest [in] protecting prenatal life. Some of the argument for…
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July 1998 - Classic Typos(1) From an affidavit of Marital History and Heirship" filed in Gregg County in March 1991:I, Henry H. Harbour, being duly sworn, state upon oath that i have read the foregoing…
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October 1994 - Did He Really Say That?From Municipal Judge Steven C. Williamson of Fort Worth, this excerpt from a guilty plea by "a man charged with discharging a firearm within the city limits in…
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June 1996 - Classic TyposFrom Thomas V. Erdos, Jr. of Austin, this "red hearing" of a typo he found in the Lexis version of Southwest Airlines Co. v. Texas High Speed Rail Auth., 867 S.W.2d…