{"id":6723,"date":"2004-08-15T12:49:10","date_gmt":"2004-08-15T16:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/formerlyknownas\/2004\/08\/15\/meritless-but-not-frivolous-2"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:58:32","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:58:32","slug":"meritless-but-not-frivolous-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2004\/08\/15\/meritless-but-not-frivolous-2\/","title":{"rendered":"meritless but not frivolous"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a name='a1966'><\/a><\/p>\n<p><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<P dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Arial\"><SPAN><SPAN><FONT><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\"><STRONG><A href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2004\/06\/27#a1700\"><FONT color=\"black\"><FONT size=\"2\"><EM>one-breath&nbsp;pundit<\/EM><\/FONT>ry<\/FONT><\/A><\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P><\/BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<P dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><FONT size=\"2\"><\/FONT><br \/>\n<P dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><br \/>\n<UL><br \/>\n<UL><br \/>\n<LI><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\"><br \/>\n<DIV>2nd Cir. App. Court distinguishes &#8220;meritless&#8221; from &#8220;frivolous&#8221; in MetLife reorganization case.&nbsp; (<A href=\"http:\/\/www.nylawyer.com\/news\/04\/08\/081204b.html\"><EM>NYLawyer<\/EM><\/A>, Aug, 12, 2004).&nbsp; <\/FONT><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">If only everyone&nbsp;did.&nbsp; <\/FONT><\/DIV><\/DIV><br \/>\n<LI><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\"><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">Guest columnist <A href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/ref\/opinion\/dahlialithwick-bio.html\">Dahlia Lithwick<\/A> coined a useful&nbsp;term in today&#8217;s <EM>NYT<\/EM> &#8212; &#8220;<A href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2004\/08\/15\/opinion\/15lithwick.html?ex=1250308800&amp;en=807c5abd1404f42d&amp;ei=5090&amp;partner=rssuserland\">re-activist judge<\/A>.&#8221;&nbsp; Law and politics:&nbsp; It depends who&#8217;s Fox is being whored.<\/FONT><\/DIV><\/DIV><br \/>\n<LI><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\"><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">A <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/www.law.com\/jsp\/article.jsp?id=1090180336183\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">must-read order<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\"> from federal <STRONG>Judge Sam&nbsp;Sparks<\/STRONG>, comparing his job to kindergarten teacher (<EM><A href=\"http:\/\/www.law.com\/jsp\/article.jsp?id=1090180336183\">Texas Lawyer<\/A><\/EM>, Aug. 16, 2004):<\/FONT><\/DIV><\/DIV><br \/>\n<UL><br \/>\n<LI><\/FONT><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\">&#8220;The Court simply wants to scream to these lawyers, &#8216;Get a life&#8217; . . . &#8216;When is the last time you registered for anger management classes?'&#8221;<\/FONT><br \/>\n<LI><FONT size=\"2\"><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\"><EM>&#8216;[T]he Court will contemplate and may enter an order requiring the parties to obtain new counsel.'&#8221;<\/EM><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV><\/LI><\/UL><\/LI><\/UL><\/UL><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<P><\/P><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><br \/>\n<P dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Arial\"><SPAN><SPAN><FONT><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\"><FONT color=\"black\"><FONT size=\"2\"><FONT face=\"Arial\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/hawkrsf.gif\" alt=\"hawk rsf\" \/>&nbsp; <\/FONT><STRONG><EM>one-breath&nbsp;poetry<\/EM><\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/P><\/DIV><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; no way out<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">of these mountains<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">&nbsp;&nbsp; rolling thunder<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\">&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\">&nbsp;<\/DIV><\/FONT><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; shimmering heat<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">a willow dips its branches<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; into the&nbsp;steam<\/FONT>&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\">&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><FONT size=\"1\">from <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/tg\/detail\/-\/0963855182\/qid=1086715301\/sr=1-3\/ref=sr_1_3\/102-4810311-4254502?v=glance&amp;s=books\"><FONT color=\"#42aac8\" size=\"1\"><EM><STRONG>Presents of Mind<\/STRONG><\/EM><\/FONT><\/A><FONT size=\"1\">, haiku and illustrations by <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2003\/12\/16#a389\"><FONT color=\"#ff0000\" size=\"1\"><STRONG>Jim Kacian<\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/A><FONT size=\"1\"> <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><FONT size=\"1\">(Katsura\/<\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/www.haikuworld.org\/books\/redmoon\/redmoonbooks.html\"><FONT color=\"#42aac8\" size=\"1\"><STRONG>Red Moon<\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/A><FONT size=\"1\">&nbsp;Press, 1996<\/FONT>).<\/DIV><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<UL><br \/>\n<LI><br \/>\n<DIV align=\"left\"><FONT><SPAN><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\"><EM>by&nbsp;<STRONG><A href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/stories\/storyReader$379\"><FONT color=\"red\">dagosan<\/FONT><\/A><\/STRONG><FONT color=\"black\">:<\/FONT><\/EM><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/FONT><FONT><SPAN><\/DIV><\/LI><\/UL><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><FONT size=\"2\"><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><EM>GameBoy off &#8212;<\/EM><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\"><EM>father and son&nbsp;<\/EM><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\"><EM>same show, same laugh<\/EM><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\"><EM>&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 size=\"1\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; <FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\"><FONT>[Aug. 15, 2004]<\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/EM><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\"><EM><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"1\"><\/FONT><\/EM>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"1\"><EM>cf.<\/EM> <A href=\"http:\/\/www.rklau.com\/tins\/archives\/2004\/08\/14\/watching_the_olympics_with_my_son.php\">Klau &amp; Klau<\/A> <EM>at tins.<\/EM><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\"><EM><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"1\"><\/FONT><\/EM><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/FONT><FONT face=\"Arial\">&nbsp;<\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<P><\/P><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>one-breath&nbsp;punditry 2nd Cir. App. Court distinguishes &#8220;meritless&#8221; from &#8220;frivolous&#8221; in MetLife reorganization case.&nbsp; (NYLawyer, Aug, 12, 2004).&nbsp; If only everyone&nbsp;did.&nbsp; Guest columnist Dahlia Lithwick coined a useful&nbsp;term in today&#8217;s NYT &#8212; &#8220;re-activist judge.&#8221;&nbsp; Law and politics:&nbsp; It depends who&#8217;s Fox is being whored. A must-read order from federal Judge Sam&nbsp;Sparks, comparing his job to kindergarten [&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-6723","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-1Kr","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6723","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=6723"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6723\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13681,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6723\/revisions\/13681"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}