{"id":5225,"date":"2005-01-04T12:19:38","date_gmt":"2005-01-04T16:19:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/formerlyknownas\/2005\/01\/04\/saving-snowmen-and-ex-parte-a"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:58:04","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:58:04","slug":"saving-snowmen-and-ex-parte-animals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2005\/01\/04\/saving-snowmen-and-ex-parte-animals\/","title":{"rendered":"saving snowmen (and ex parte animals)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a name='a3062'><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">winter sunrise&#8211;<BR>only pale green moss<BR>on the cottonwoods<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">express line checkout-<BR>the man ahead buys flowers<BR>and breath mints<\/FONT><\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\"><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">winter sunset<BR>backlights the alders-<BR>a small bird moves on<\/FONT><BR><\/DIV><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><A href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2004\/10\/08#a2461\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" color=\"red\" size=\"2\"><STRONG>Billie Wilson<\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/A><\/DIV><\/FONT><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT size=\"+0\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"1\">&#8220;winter sunrise&#8211;&#8221; <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/tinywords.com\/haiku\/2001\/12\/03\/\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"1\">tinywords<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"1\"> (Dec. 3, 2001)<\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT size=\"1\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\">&#8220;express line checkout&#8211;&#8221; <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/www.worldhaiku.net\/poetry\/eng\/us\/b.wilson.htm\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\">worldhaiku<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\">; <EM>haijinx<\/EM> I:1 (Vernal Equinox, 2001) <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"1\">&#8220;winter sunset&#8221; &#8211; <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/tinywords.com\/haiku\/2001\/01\/18\/\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"1\">tinywords<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"1\">&nbsp;(Jan. 18, 2001)<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"1\"><\/FONT><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"1\"><\/FONT><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\"><br \/>\n<DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><FONT size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><br \/>\n<UL><br \/>\n<LI><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT><FONT><FONT face=\"Arial\"><FONT size=\"2\"><FONT><FONT><FONT><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">by&nbsp;<EM><A href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/stories\/storyReader$379\"><STRONG><FONT color=\"red\">dagosan<\/FONT><\/STRONG><\/A><\/EM><\/FONT><\/FONT>:<\/FONT><\/FONT><FONT>&nbsp;<\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV><\/LI><\/UL><\/DIV><br \/>\n<P dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT><\/P><br \/>\n<P dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT><\/P><br \/>\n<P dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT><br \/>\n<P dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT><\/P><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><FONT><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT face=\"Arial\"><\/FONT><\/DIV><FONT><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">all night&nbsp; <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV>a productive cough &#8212;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV>he hits the snooze button<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;<FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"1\"><EM>[Jan. 4, 2005]<\/EM><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><EM><FONT size=\"1\"><\/FONT><\/EM>&nbsp;<\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/DIV><\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<P dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><SPAN><SPAN><FONT><STRONG><EM><A href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2004\/06\/27#a1700\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" color=\"black\" size=\"2\">one-breath&nbsp;pundit<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\">&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/FONT><\/EM><\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/P><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><SPAN><SPAN><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/tinycheck.gif\" alt=\"tiny check\" \/> An <EM>ex parte<\/EM> animal: State Supreme Court <A href=\"http:\/\/www4.law.com\/ny\/judges_profiles\/profiles\/teresi.shtml\">Judge Joseph C. Teresi<\/A> was reprimanded by the <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">NYS Commission on Judicial Conduct Monday for failing to disclose he spoke privately <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">to a defense witness (a nun) who then &#8220;abruptly&#8221; withdrew from testifying in a 2003 DWI <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">case.&nbsp; (Teresi denied the affected party an adjournment to find another expert witness.&nbsp; <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">As the <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/www.troyrecord.com\/site\/news.cfm?newsid=13674603&amp;BRD=1170&amp;PAG=461&amp;dept_id=7021&amp;rfi=6\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\"><FONT size=\"2\"><EM><FONT color=\"black\">Troy Record<\/FONT><\/EM> <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">&nbsp;(Jan. 4, 2005) tells us:<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">&#8220;In a February 2001 decision, the commission also censured Teresi for exerting <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">pressure on parties to settle a case, improperly excluding one lawyer from discussions <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">and showing bias against a litigate he wrongfully sentenced to contempt of court and <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">sent to jail for 45 days. The defendant was later released by another judge.&#8221; <\/FONT><\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">How many bites should Judge Teresi get before the apple really bites back?<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/tinycheck.gif\" alt=\"tiny check\" \/> For reasons similar to those raised <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2003\/10\/01#a307\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" color=\"black\" size=\"2\">here<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">, <EM>blog<\/EM> has made it to the <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/www.lssu.edu\/banished\/current.php\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">List of Words Banished<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">&nbsp; <\/FONT><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">from the Queen&#x2019;s English for Mis-Use, Over-Use and General Uselessness, promulgated by the Lake <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">Superior State University, in Sault Ste. Marie, MI.&nbsp;&nbsp; They&#8217;ve been doing the list since 1977, <FONT color=\"black\">and <\/FONT><\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/www.lssu.edu\/banished\/archived_posters.php\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" color=\"black\" size=\"2\">posters<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\"> <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">from previous years can be printed out free. (via <EM><A href=\"http:\/\/www.inter-alia.net\/comments.php?id=P2384_0_1_0\"><FONT color=\"#000000\">Inter Alia<\/FONT><\/A><\/EM>)<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">&#8220;snowManGray&#8221;&nbsp; On the other hand, this <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2004\/12\/31#a3033\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" color=\"#000000\" size=\"2\">snowman lover<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">, cannot sit idol-ly by and condone LSSU&#8217;s<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">annual <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/www.lssu.edu\/whats_new\/articles.php?articleid=586\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">Snowman Burning<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\"> to welcome the first day of spring.&nbsp; Impermanence does not need help.<\/FONT><\/DIV><\/DIV><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>winter sunrise&#8211;only pale green mosson the cottonwoods &nbsp; express line checkout-the man ahead buys flowersand breath mints &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; winter sunsetbacklights the alders-a small bird moves on &nbsp; &nbsp; Billie Wilson &#8220;winter sunrise&#8211;&#8221; tinywords (Dec. 3, 2001) &#8220;express line checkout&#8211;&#8221; worldhaiku; haijinx I:1 (Vernal Equinox, 2001) &#8220;winter sunset&#8221; &#8211; tinywords&nbsp;(Jan. 18, 2001) &nbsp; &nbsp; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":94,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2926],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pre-06-2006"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6kP1R-1mh","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5225","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/94"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5225"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5225\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13426,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5225\/revisions\/13426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}