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Motion & Rakoff Joke Review
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY
COURTHOUSE,
July 25– Two big law firms
faced on Thursday in a nearly
empty courtroom about, among
other things, who the proper
President of Venezuela
is.
Listed as
representing Petroleos de
Venezuela, S.A., counsel from
Vinson & Elkins referred
dismissively to the "Madura
regime" and said that service
of process on the firm had not
been proper. The suit if for
breach of contract, failure to
pay. They will file a motion
on August 1.
U.S. District Court for the
Southern District of New York
Judge Jed S. Rakoff noted that
August 1 is his birthday, then
quipped that "I am running
49." He asked if counsel with
an August 17 birthday was also
a Leo.
Plaintiff Girard Street
Investment Holdings LLC's
lawyer from Steptoe &
Johnson asked for time to file
opposition, noting a planned
vacation with his wife.
Judge
Rakoff asked how long he has
been married, and when told 22
years noted that he and his
wife are approaching their
50th, and jokingly referred to
legal slavery and the 13th
Amendment.
He ended
by saying, of Inner City
Press, I see my favorite
reporter is here, he'll have
to determine is my jokes are
bad jokes or sick jokes (it
sounded like).
Definitely not the later, and
only sometimes (intentionally)
corny.
The case is
Girard Street Investment
Holdings LLC v. Petroleos de
Venezuela, S.A. et al.,
23-cv-10772 (Rakoff)
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