Question of the Week
With March Madness in Full Swing, What’s Your Favorite Cinderella of the Courts Story?
Posted Mar 27, 2008, 09:38 am CDT
By Reginald Davis
Villanova, Western Kentucky, Davidson—three Cinderellas are still dancing at the Sweet Sixteen ball—for men’s college basketball, that is.
So tell us your favorite Cinderella of the Courts story, when a case with not much chance of success turned into a real winner. And what was the glass slipper that proved the case?
Answer in the comments below.
Read last week's question and answers about pop culture inspirations.
Our favorite from last week:
Posted by Marc H., "In the Quentin Tarantino movie 'Reservoir Dogs,' Tim Roth played an undercover cop that was infiltrating a gang of professional thieves. He was rehearsing his cover story in a bathroom in one scene, and he looks in the mirror and says something like 'Remember… they believe everything you say… because you’re super-cool.'"
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Posted by Jerrold E. Fink - 1 month, 1 week, 5 days, 17 hours, 58 minutes ago
Texaco/Pennzoil- On the facts and law, most experts/commentators believed Texaco had great defenses. Yet, at every stage, Texaco’s losses became worse.
Glass slipper?
As in basketball, there is something to be said about “home court advantage.”
and
The fight over the forum can be far more decisive than the supposed agreed to “governing law.”