Here's another creative Judicial Order for your reading entertainment on this fine Wednesday afternoon.
The "Order Denying Motion for Incomprehensibility" was issued by U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Leif M. Clark in the Western District of Texas in In re King, Case No. 05-56485-C (2006). In the Order, Judge Clark slammed the Defendant's inartfully titled "Motion to Discharge Response to Plaintiff’s Response to Defendant’s Response Opposing Objection to Discharge", stating that:
“The court cannot determine the substance, if any, of the Defendant’s legal argument, nor can the court even ascertain the relief that the Defendant is requesting. The Defendant’s motion is accordingly denied for being incomprehensible.”
The judge then quoted the following snippet from the Adam Sandler flick "Billy Madison" in a footnote:
Or, in the words of the competition judge to Adam Sandler’s title character in the movie, “Billy Madison,” after Billy Madison had responded to a question with an answer that sounded superficially reasonable but lacked any substance,
"Mr. Madison, what you’ve just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I’ve ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response was there anything that could even be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no point, and may God have mercy on your soul."
Deciphering motions like the one presented here wastes valuable chamber staff time, and invites this sort of footnote.
Hat tip: The Conglomerate.
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