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An Important Legal Question About Caddyshack

Now that the Masters have concluded, we thought we'd point out that there's a nod to Biglaw history in Caddyshack if you were paying attention.

By Joe Patrice on April 11, 2016

Smails

In the 1980 film Caddyshack, what was the first name of the film’s antagonist, Judge Smails, played by Ted Knight?

Hint: His unique name is steeped in legal history, shared by a father-and-son legal duo who both worked at a firm bearing their last name that what was once considered “a legal factory.”

See the answer on the next page.

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