Unusual Sources

In a trial between two neighbors disputing a 3-foot-wide strip of land between their homes, a New York judge looked to poetry and literature:

“Respected more modern writings reflect on the particular problem now presented. ‘Good fences make good neighbors,’ …

Poetry as Legal Terminology

Do you constitutional lawyers know the provenance of the phrase “all deliberate speed” – the remedial formula adopted in Brown v. Board of Education, 349 U.S. 294 (1955)?  While Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes attributed this line to the English …

For Kipling Fans

Fans of Rudyard Kipling should read Riley Hill General Contractor, Inc. v. Tandy Corp, 303 Or 390, 396 n.4, 399 n.5, 737 P2d 595 (1987).  The court is tasked with analyzing the terms “clear” and “convincing.”  To do so, the …