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Legal transcript / deposition (rough draft)
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Summary
This document is a page from a rough draft of a legal deposition transcript (Bates stamped House Oversight). The dialogue involves a witness confirming they previously represented to a court that striking pleadings is a 'drastic remedy' during proceedings involving Professor Alan Dershowitz's application to intervene in a case. The witness also discusses referring parties to the Bar.
People (3)
| Name | Role | Context |
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| Professor Dershowitz | Subject of legal motion |
Mentioned regarding an 'application to intervene' in a court case.
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| Q | Interviewer/Attorney |
Asking questions regarding legal procedures and previous representations to the court.
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| A | Witness/Deponent |
Answering questions; appears to be a legal professional who previously made representations to a court regarding Ders...
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Organizations (2)
| Name | Type | Context |
|---|---|---|
| The Bar |
Referenced in the context of referring parties for disciplinary or regulatory action.
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| House Oversight Committee |
Implied by the document footer 'HOUSE_OVERSIGHT'.
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Timeline (1 events)
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Relationships (1)
Witness represented arguments to the court in response to Dershowitz's application to intervene.
Key Quotes (2)
"striking allegations from a pleading is a drastic remedy to be resorted to only when required for the purposes of justice"Source
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"And is it fair to say -- is that what you represented to the court in response to Professor Dershowitz's application to intervene?"Source
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1 Q. Okay. But other than referring the two
2 parties to the Bar, you never entered, to your
3 recollection, striking a party's pleadings; is that
4 right?
5 A. That's right.
6 Q. Okay. I want to ask you a few questions
7 about the issue of striking pleadings. Would you agree
8 with me that courts generally disfavor a motion to
9 strike?
10 A. No.
11 Q. And that striking allegations from a pleading
12 is a drastic remedy to be resorted to only when required
13 for the purposes of justice and only when the
14 allegations to be stricken have no possible relation to
15 the controversy?
16 A. I think that's what some courts have said,
17 yes.
18 Q. And is it fair to say -- is that what you
19 represented to the court in response to
20 Professor Dershowitz's application to intervene?
21 A. That's right.
22 Q. And you wouldn't have represented that to the
23 court unless you believed it to be accurate; is that
24 right?
25 A. That's right.
2 parties to the Bar, you never entered, to your
3 recollection, striking a party's pleadings; is that
4 right?
5 A. That's right.
6 Q. Okay. I want to ask you a few questions
7 about the issue of striking pleadings. Would you agree
8 with me that courts generally disfavor a motion to
9 strike?
10 A. No.
11 Q. And that striking allegations from a pleading
12 is a drastic remedy to be resorted to only when required
13 for the purposes of justice and only when the
14 allegations to be stricken have no possible relation to
15 the controversy?
16 A. I think that's what some courts have said,
17 yes.
18 Q. And is it fair to say -- is that what you
19 represented to the court in response to
20 Professor Dershowitz's application to intervene?
21 A. That's right.
22 Q. And you wouldn't have represented that to the
23 court unless you believed it to be accurate; is that
24 right?
25 A. That's right.
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