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Students to go down with the law library Law library administrators and the local fire department are having a problem with students at Berkeley's Boalt Hall. It seems that students refuse to vacate the law school library when the fire alarm system goes off. "They want to go down with the ship," said the library director in response to a question as to why students won't leave their books to escape a possible fire. "Many law students take the approach that what they're working on is the single most important thing in the universe." Finally, the director pointed out that students have been known to refuse to leave during power outages and to hide when they know the library is being evacuated. Don't overturn my verdict because I'm beautiful A California District Court of Appeals has declined to overrule a homicide verdict where one of the jurors was found to be romantically interested in the prosecutor. It seems that while the case was being tried, Juror No. 12 slipped the prosecutor a note that included her phone number. The appellate court found that while the juror's actions did technically constitute misconduct, they did not appear to prejudice her deliberations. In reaching its decision, the court referred to a case in which a trial court permitted an attorney to exclude all female potential jurors because "opposing counsel was so handsome the women would be swayed." The appellate court did not want to follow that case because "attractive attorneys do not necessarily render jurors unable to serve." Justice Department cover-up The U.S. Justice Department spent $8,000 for curtains to conceal two art deco aluminum statues of semi-nude figures in the building's Great Hall. One is a 1930s era statue of a partially exposed woman representing the "Spirit of Justice.'' The other is a male statue representing the "Majesty of Justice.'' The cover up came after Attorney General John Ashcroft gave a news conferences in the Great Hall, and he was seen on television with the towering female statue behind him. Historical Only once in history has a president issued an undated blanket pardon. It was by Harry Truman to CIA Director Walter Bedell Smith. One legal scholar noted that Smith could have killed Truman and used the blanket pardon to elude prosecution. Trivial In what percentage of personal injury cases filed in the United States was the plaintiff victorious? What is the median amount of compensatory damages plaintiffs win in such cases? (Answer follows Footnote) Hearsay "I can't see that it's wrong to give him a little legal experience before he goes out to practice law." -- President John F. Kennedy upon appointing his brother Robert as U.S. Attorney General in 1961. Footnote The New Hampshire state motto of "Live Free or Die" is stamped on license plates by prisoners housed in the state's Concord prison facility. Trivia Answer: Plaintiffs won 48 percent of the personal injury cases filed. The median compensatory award is approximately $94,000. Have something to share with Out of Court? E-mail it to Chet Olsen at (cholsen@ix.netcom.com).
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