(Dismissed) Lawsuit of the Day: Stephen Dunne Comes to His Senses?
First the case of the $54 million pants was dismissed. And now another ridiculous but amusing lawsuit, previously covered here and here, bites the dust.
From a piece by Sheri Qualters for the National Law Journal:
The federal court battle over a Massachusetts bar examination question about homosexual marriage has ended with the court accepting the plaintiff's voluntary dismissal of the case.On Oct. 9, a Massachusetts federal judge granted Stephen Dunne's request to dismiss his case against the bar examination testing agency, the state Supreme Judicial Court and four individual justices over a question on the state's bar exam concerning homosexual marriage.
In a lawsuit filed in June, Dunne claimed he failed the Massachusetts bar examination because he didn't answer a question about homosexual marriage.
The website Stephen Dunne launched to help fund the case, www.christianlawsuit.com, has been taken down. Will refunds be issued to the people who donated money to the cause -- all three of them?
P.S. You can view the court's fascinating dismissal order here (PDF, via Keeping Up With Jonas).
Plaintiff withdraws complaint over bar exam's gay-marriage question [National Law Journal]
Stephen Dunne's Long Legal Nightmare Is Finally Over [Keeping Up With Jonas]
Dunne Wishes He Could Quit His Lawsuit [Keeping Up With Jonas]
Earlier: Fail the Bar, Blame the Gays, Sue for Millions!
Update: Fail the Bar, Blame the Gays, Solicit Donations for Lawsuit!
(27) Comments
I know its kind of played out, but FIRST!
Loser.
what a f*ck up
That order was certainly worth viewing.
to further 3:11's logic a bit, i can see a good cause of action in contract for breaching the implied contract with above the law commenters that as a single white male, one will not date a non-asian woman.
3:11: No
Um, Dunne doesn't seem to have come to his senses at all. He's voluntarily dismissed the case because he apparently believes that the state bar has agreed not to include gay marriage questions on future bar exams because there was no gay marriage question on the last bar exam. In fact, the state bar had to specifically say that its lack of a gay marriage question on the latest bar exam does not reflect any sort of agreement between the state bar and Dunne.
When did WGWAG become white guys with Asian girls-- wasn't it the reverse?
Even if he passes the Mass bar, he should be banned on C & F grounds.
In IL, Matt Hale, a crazy neo-Nazi leader, has been refused admission to the bar - despite having passing scores - because he cannot agree to uphold the state's (and in his case, the federal) constitution (equal protection, civil rights, etc.).
Lat, You have GOT to cover this threatened lawsuit against Caliente Cab Company in NYC with respect to the chick who looks like a dude who was thrown out of the Ladies room. They had her picture in the NY Post today and this whole story is just too hilarious.
"_____ of the Day."
Now, ATL is really just a hollow shell of WSJ.
Ummmm, don't the bar questions and subjects change every year? I wonder if the reason that he dropped his law suit is that it became clear that he would not have passed the bar but for the gay marriage question. Either way, this guy sounds like someone who would have a hard time passing a bar exam no matter what was on it.
"_____ of the Day." Now, ATL is really just a hollow shell of WSJ.
1. No, ATL has been doing "_____ of the Day" forever (maybe even longer than the WSJ).
2. ATL's honorees are more entertaining. The WSJ "Lawyer of the Day" posts are usually BJs of the lawyer in question, while the ATL "Lawyer of the Day" posts involve embarrassing f**k-ups.
Dunne is just another douche bag NYU grad
What was so fascinating about that dismissal order? It was a one-sentence order dismissing the case. No rhyme, doggerel, or blank verse, unfortunately.
It's just amazing that NYU is so highly rated, given the massive numbers of nutjobs like Dunne it graduates.
Where'd you get NYU from? Dunne graduated from Suffolk.
I think Lat was being sarcastic in referring to the order as "fascinating" (unless reading it backwards produces something interesting).
Dunne went to Suffolk for college and NYU law school, you twit.
This far back?
http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2006/03/23/law-blog-lawyer-of-the-day-arnold-porters-josh-kaplan/
You people are so tiresome.
5:02, he did not go to NYU. His complaint says he graduated from a "Boston law school," which was New England School of Law. Makes me even more proud to be stuck at this hellhole.
Lat, you cheeky bastard.
Lat, thanks for the link to the dismissal order. Isn't sarcasm the absolute best? Also, you may wish to consider EDITING your posts to exclude links to things that are so BORING to read that I feel cheated for having wasted 5 seconds clicking on it.
But the female SA who hit him went to NYU, right?
No. His complaint says he went to NYU law. Learn to read, you twit
But the female SA who hit him went to NYU, right?
I think that is absolutely correct, and she got an offer even though she is fat and violent but he complains out questions containing queer content and he is no offered? How did that happen?