Occasional cases

Judge JH Gillis, in Fisher v Lowe (1982), 122 Mich.App. 418, 333 N.W.2d 67 (an appeal):

We thought that we would never see
A suit to compensate a tree.
A suit whose claim in tort is prest
Upon a mangled tree's behest;
A tree whose battered trunk was prest
Against a Chevy's crumpled crest;
A tree that faces each new day
With bark and limb in disarray;
A tree that may forever bear
A lasting need for tender care.
Flora lovers though we three,
We must uphold the court's decree.
Affirmed.

Not only is the entire thing in verse, Westlaw also got into the act by rendering the headnotes in verse.

(found through http://www.loweringthebar.net)

ETA: It's a pretty famous judgment (for all the right reasons - it rhymes!) so you might have seen this already.

Ah... happy new year? Heard about big snow in Asia, US and Europe. I sympathise, but feel oddly nostalgic as well. For someone who hates the cold so much, I really miss snow. The artificial stuff just doesn't cut it--you don't get actual snowflakes, for one thing.

Still, now that we're done with end-of-year fun, it's now boring January and the only thing to look forward to is CNY (and pineapple tarts).

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James Cameron's Avatar Link Round-up. So, 3D hotness or creepy colonial vibes?

And that was the closest I got to a movie in the last three months.

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Judge Labels Lawyer’s Motion Nearly Incomprehensible, Marks Up Errors. Also reported here, with the document here

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So, Twitter is fun! It's ironic that I think so only when it's reported in a blog