A page turner of an opinion
A page turner of an opinion
I’ve long been a proponent of using fiction writing techniques in legal writing. But even I am bowled over by the gripping opinion created by Judge Farmer of the Fourth District Court of Appeals of the State of Florida in Funny Cide Ventures, LLC v. Miami Herald Publishing Co. Alas, the rest of the court did not appreciate Farmer’s style, and so the first opinion is same old, same old. But read on. You’ll get to the good stuff.
Thanks to Abstract Appeal for the heads up on this opinion.
Engaging once again in shameless self-promotion, I’ll remind readers that I’ll be teaching some of those fiction writing techniques in the three part CLE for CCBA, Practical Writing for Lawyers on June 2, July 6 and August 3. Click here for more info. However, I can’t promise advice on making your legal writing sound like a Broadway musical.
Tami,
I trackbacked to this post earlier today, but it hasn't shown up, so I thought I'd tell you that I posted today regarding this decision. I have some complimentary words about your article on using fiction-writing techniques, but I didn't think Judge Farmer really pulled it off. I'm saving your article, though, because it makes some great points.
You and Owen Kerr had diametrically oppposed views of this decision. For links, see my May 17 post entitled "A Quip Too Far?"
By the way, thanks for adding The California Blog of Appeal to your blogroll. I was in the process of e-mailing you last night to ask you to do so, then discovered it was already there!
Greg May