Fun Legal Terms

Darren Summerville, a Georgia appellate lawyer, very kindly helped me pro bono as local counsel in Chan v. Ellis, back in the day, and is now helping me with a new case. I was talking to him about the briefing schedule, and he told me:

Docketing - September 8

Initial NT Brief/Merits (20 days)

Initial EE Brief/Merits (20 days from filing of NT Brief)

NT Reply Brief (20 days post filing of EE Brief)

Took me a moment to figure out: Why NT and EE?

Comments

[JBCWV]

AppellaNT
AppellEE

[Ridgeway]

I figured it was something way more obscure -- like an admiralty case with non-tasselled flags.

[Eugene Volokh]

Correct.

[Jaypd]

Ant v Dolphin

[Á àß äẞç ãþÇđ âÞ¢Đæ ǎB€Ðëf ảhf]

11 minutes from post to first comment, 11 minutes to second comment.

Probably not a conspiracy, but let's see if we can goad the Rev into thinking so.

[Bill Poser]

Surely this is somehow related to "anent".

[ReaderY]

I take it the reason for using non-abbreviations where the word would do just as well is to deliberately create obscure gibberish designed to give more power to insiders and prevent the public from understanding what’s going on.

If you used plain English so ordinary people could understand, the value of being an insider would siminish.

[mydisplayname]

I'd comment but I'm too busy watching the Potemkin School Buses roll by: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/to-keep-bus-drivers-on-the-payroll-fairfax-county-public-schools-directs-some-to-drive-empty-buses-along-old-routes/2020/09/10/983494e2-f386-11ea-bc45-e5d48ab44b9f_story.html