Fascinating case

[Rick Duncan]

Let me see if I have this right. A Jewish lawyer, who
describes jurors as a bunch of "fundamentalist
rednecks," is complaining about religious
discrimination. Hmmm. Very interesting.

Cheers, Rick Duncan

--- Jonathan Lipson <jlipson at UBMAIL.UBALT.EDU> wrote:
>         More fodder for those following this
> thread:
>
>         Gillers & Dorsen's "Regulation of Lawyers
> (1989)
> describes a fellow named Kenneth Horowitz, a
> litigation
> associate at a large mid-western firm, who recounted
> his disgust
> at being excluded from participating in a trial in a
> southern
> state (which he characterized as "not yet finished
> fighting the
> Civil War") because the client (and the other
> attorneys) were
> convinced that a Jewish lawyer would prejudice the
> judge and
> jury, most of whom were characterized as
> "fundamentalist
> rednecks."   In the words of the partner on the case
>  "'The
> judge and jury are going to decide this case. We
> have to appeal
> to them whether we like their biases or not.'"   The
> associate,
> of course, was other than thrilled with this
> explanation.
>
>
> Jonathan C. Lipson
> Assistant Professor of Law University of Baltimore
> School of Law
> 1420 North Charles Street
> Baltimore, MD 21201
> (410-837-4054)


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