Law Humor

By texasbar

Paul J. Van Osselaer of Austin (Van Osselaer, Cronin & Buchanan) and Robert Slovak of Dallas (Gardere Wynne Sewell) ? who are opposing counsel in a case on my docket ? jointly submitted the following:

?Paul Van Osselaer of Austin ? was hoping that the alternative relief would be granted just to figure out what is going on. He submitted this entry as a potential winner as the most confusing document title, deleting the actual names of the parties to protect the guilty. It?s from a filing in the U.S. District Court in San Antonio:

?DEFENDANT?S REPLY TO PLAINTIFF?S RESPONSE TO DEFENDANT?S MOTION TO STRIKE PLAINTIFF?S REPLY TO DEFENDANT?S OPPOSITION TO PLAINTIFF?S MOTION FOR PROTECTIVE ORDER, OR, IN THE ALTERNATIVE, APPLICATION FOR HEARING.?

Full post as published by Say What! on March 25, 2008 (boomark / email).