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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 4:15 pm

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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