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**Unjucky** · 07-02-2007, 02:05 AM

A side note to the Massachusetts Case.
The attorney was a professor at Harvard, who ate lunch at the restaurant Grendel's Den, located in Harvard Square.
He asked the owner why he didn't get a license, so he could have a beer with his lunch, the owner told him about the church that wouldn't sign off on his license. The attorney said not to worry, he'd take care of it, and it wouldn't cost the owner a nickel, he'd do it out of friendship.
He filed the case which consisted of FOUR paragraphs, the case was thrown out, he appealed to the Massachusetts Supreme Court, with the same four paragraphs, retyped of course, rejected, Federal Court, same four paragraphs, rejected, Federal Appeals Court, rejected and US Supreme Court, same 4 paragraphs but this time, BINGO, the law was thrown out.
He went to the owner of the restaurant, and said "Don't freak out, here is my bill for $550,000 for handling the case, you just send it in to the State House, and the state pays attorney fees for overturned laws."
The State said "wait a minute, $550,000 for four paragraphs?", so it went before a panel of attorneys who said "yeah, that's ridiculous, just pay him $175,000"
And that's what the professor got paid for helping his friend during his lunch hour.

07-02-2007, 02:05 AM	#30
Unjucky Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 555 Senior Member	A side note to the Massachusetts Case. The attorney was a professor at Harvard, who ate lunch at the restaurant Grendel's Den, located in Harvard Square. He asked the owner why he didn't get a license, so he could have a beer with his lunch, the owner told him about the church that wouldn't sign off on his license. The attorney said not to worry, he'd take care of it, and it wouldn't cost the owner a nickel, he'd do it out of friendship. He filed the case which consisted of FOUR paragraphs, the case was thrown out, he appealed to the Massachusetts Supreme Court, with the same four paragraphs, retyped of course, rejected, Federal Court, same four paragraphs, rejected, Federal Appeals Court, rejected and US Supreme Court, same 4 paragraphs but this time, BINGO, the law was thrown out. He went to the owner of the restaurant, and said "Don't freak out, here is my bill for $550,000 for handling the case, you just send it in to the State House, and the state pays attorney fees for overturned laws." The State said "wait a minute, $550,000 for four paragraphs?", so it went before a panel of attorneys who said "yeah, that's ridiculous, just pay him $175,000" And that's what the professor got paid for helping his friend during his lunch hour.
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