Morning Docket

Morning Docket 11.17.09

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* Utah college student can’t use “global warming” as a defense. Tim DeChristopher was indicted in April on felony charges for interfering with a government auction and making false representations when he bid $1.8 million for land near Utah’s national parks knowing he could not make good on the bids. [New York Times]
* ATL grammar police will hate this ruling. A misplaced modifier is not a $2.45-million mistake. “[W]hile misplaced modifiers are syntactical sins righteously condemned by English teachers everywhere, our job is not to critique the parties’ grammar, but only, if possible, to adduce and enforce their contract’s meaning,” wrote Judge Gorsuch of the 10th Circuit. [Courthouse News Service]
* Chevron sues lawyer who sued Chevron. [San Francisco Chronicle]
* LA city attorney wants $3 million reimbursement for Michael Jackson’s memorial service. [Associated Press]
* Cheering the Yarvard Crimdogs. [Yale Daily News]
* Ponzi scheme crackdown in California. [KCRA.com]
* FIU law student missing. [Associated Press]

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