Posted by wlansden |
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The dilemma: You have a case set for trial, but you have tickets and reservations to attend the national title game. The solution: Motion to continue. Grounds: See dilemma.
Your team is competing for the national title for the first time in seventeen years. You have tickets. Many of the witnesses and other attorneys in the case either have tickets or are trying to acquire tickets. You know that the judge wants to watch the game, too. Opposing counsel is a fan of your arch rival, that other in-state, public university. You ask opposing counsel to agree to a continuance, but they refuse out of strategy, spite, bitterness, envy, or all of the above.
What to do, what to do...
File a motion to continue citing "monumental events . . . beyond the anticipation of the attorneys and clients" as your grounds. In closing, "Roll Tide" in all caps, calling the judge to action.
In Alabama, an attorney faced this very dilemma and filed such a motion to continue yesterday.
Read the Motion to Continue here.
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