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Brief-bros: quoting opponents brief, hit em with dat (sic) for typo?

Is this too catty?
carnelian locale nibblets
  05/22/18
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carnelian locale nibblets
  05/22/18
insert a footnote explaining what was actually in their brie...
iridescent national
  05/22/18
...
big ruddy newt
  05/22/18
It always looks catty to me
house-broken lettuce codepig
  05/22/18
Why are litigators such catty fags?
pearl galvanic temple kitty
  05/22/18
yeah I don’t want to do it, seems like a cheap shot. I just ...
carnelian locale nibblets
  05/22/18
right
pearl galvanic temple kitty
  05/22/18
when you quote, do it correctly, sans typo
Swashbuckling Crawly Dopamine
  05/22/18
...
house-broken lettuce codepig
  05/22/18
cool ty
carnelian locale nibblets
  05/22/18
No. That's not quoting. I think brackets are the best way...
Hot Deer Antler
  05/22/18
titcr (the c stands for CLASSY!)
Unhinged marvelous people who are hurt nursing home
  05/22/18
Lol, that’s an even bigger dunk than sick. Doing this from ...
Flatulent floppy organic girlfriend
  05/22/18
In this particular case, "statu[te]" might be bett...
Hot Deer Antler
  05/22/18
This is the way to go. Changing it without saying anything i...
embarrassed to the bone goal in life
  05/22/18
...
Bearded geriatric karate
  05/22/18
No. Style on them.
Flatulent floppy organic girlfriend
  05/22/18
it is catty. don't do it.
Swashbuckling Crawly Dopamine
  05/22/18
ty
carnelian locale nibblets
  05/22/18
catty as fuck unless they have like 40 typos.
Concupiscible Infuriating Private Investor Indirect Expression
  05/22/18
only if it is egregious, like they forgot to change the name...
beta tan mexican immigrant
  05/22/18
Only time I’ve ever done it is when they misspelled the judg...
anal copper stage philosopher-king
  05/22/18
Haha wow holy shit
carnelian locale nibblets
  05/22/18
no i hate the assholes who are assholes like that, and i've ...
Bearded geriatric karate
  05/22/18
Context matters. The substantively inconsequential errors of...
Hot Deer Antler
  05/22/18
sure. but it's really only a question and an issue in the f...
Bearded geriatric karate
  05/22/18
Once with a pro se plaintiff I put a generic footnote saying...
beta tan mexican immigrant
  05/22/18
agreed.
Bearded geriatric karate
  05/22/18
Tastefully change the quote to the correct spelling using br...
ultramarine contagious brunch
  05/22/18
Settle down, I’m just asking questions here.
carnelian locale nibblets
  05/22/18
he sounds kind of like the asshole he's denigrating. but i ...
Bearded geriatric karate
  05/22/18
The real risk is the clerks. Many of whom are 25 year old hy...
beta tan mexican immigrant
  05/22/18
were you a clerk too? my sense from having been one and wor...
Bearded geriatric karate
  05/22/18
I was a clerk but I IRL'd for a couple years first, so that ...
beta tan mexican immigrant
  05/22/18
even the fussier ones i met didn't give a shit about that ki...
Bearded geriatric karate
  05/22/18
Cr, also you have to rationalize the countless wasted hours ...
hateful turdskin associate
  05/22/18
Cr, for a chill bro above [sic] he sounds a little flustered
hateful turdskin associate
  05/22/18
...
Bearded geriatric karate
  05/22/18
...
Flatulent floppy organic girlfriend
  05/22/18
It should only be done for an egregious error. Like misspell...
Sinister lime crotch lay
  05/22/18
Hell yes
Flatulent floppy organic girlfriend
  05/22/18
I just correct it.
Azure menage mental disorder
  05/22/18
You guys are pussies.
Flatulent floppy organic girlfriend
  05/22/18
Do what gets the best result.
Hot Deer Antler
  05/22/18
It makes you look petty. The focus should remain on whatever...
Azure menage mental disorder
  05/22/18
I prefer being petty. If it’s a portion of their brief that...
Flatulent floppy organic girlfriend
  05/22/18
Probably just gets ignored and doesn't hurt you.
Azure menage mental disorder
  05/22/18
Just correct it with square brackets.
embarrassed to the bone goal in life
  05/22/18
underline in red
trip preventive strike business firm
  05/22/18
Squiggly red.
Hot Deer Antler
  05/22/18
sic neg
Wonderful Disgusting University
  05/22/18
...
Bearded geriatric karate
  05/22/18


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Date: May 22nd, 2018 11:50 AM
Author: carnelian locale nibblets

Is this too catty?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983684&forum_id=2#36104251)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 11:52 AM
Author: carnelian locale nibblets



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983684&forum_id=2#36104261)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 11:53 AM
Author: iridescent national

insert a footnote explaining what was actually in their brief and how you developed your good faith estimation of what they actually meant to say.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983684&forum_id=2#36104270)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 1:30 PM
Author: big ruddy newt



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983684&forum_id=2#36105206)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 11:55 AM
Author: house-broken lettuce codepig

It always looks catty to me

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983684&forum_id=2#36104280)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 11:57 AM
Author: pearl galvanic temple kitty

Why are litigators such catty fags?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983684&forum_id=2#36104298)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 12:09 PM
Author: carnelian locale nibblets

yeah I don’t want to do it, seems like a cheap shot. I just don’t want them to think the typo is mine. That isn’t worth worrying about, right?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983684&forum_id=2#36104399)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 12:13 PM
Author: pearl galvanic temple kitty

right

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983684&forum_id=2#36104462)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 12:14 PM
Author: Swashbuckling Crawly Dopamine

when you quote, do it correctly, sans typo

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983684&forum_id=2#36104480)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 12:15 PM
Author: house-broken lettuce codepig



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983684&forum_id=2#36104490)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 1:02 PM
Author: carnelian locale nibblets

cool ty

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983684&forum_id=2#36104976)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 1:07 PM
Author: Hot Deer Antler

No. That's not quoting.

I think brackets are the best way to handle most errors.

If you want to change that mistaken "statue" to "statute," use brackets: "[statute]."

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983684&forum_id=2#36105009)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 1:31 PM
Author: Unhinged marvelous people who are hurt nursing home

titcr

(the c stands for CLASSY!)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983684&forum_id=2#36105232)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 1:34 PM
Author: Flatulent floppy organic girlfriend

Lol, that’s an even bigger dunk than sick. Doing this from now on.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983684&forum_id=2#36105258)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 1:56 PM
Author: Hot Deer Antler

In this particular case, "statu[te]" might be better. It would require the reader to think less about the substitution.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983684&forum_id=2#36105496)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 2:06 PM
Author: embarrassed to the bone goal in life

This is the way to go. Changing it without saying anything is dumb. Quoting things incorrectly is only going to lead to trouble later on. But pointing out errors is catty as fuck. I'm sure a professional copy editor would find plenty in your cleanest work. If the other side is sloppy as shit, the judge will have no problem realizing that himself.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983684&forum_id=2#36105599)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 2:06 PM
Author: Bearded geriatric karate



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983684&forum_id=2#36105602)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 1:31 PM
Author: Flatulent floppy organic girlfriend

No. Style on them.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983684&forum_id=2#36105229)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 12:00 PM
Author: Swashbuckling Crawly Dopamine

it is catty. don't do it.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983684&forum_id=2#36104324)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 12:09 PM
Author: carnelian locale nibblets

ty

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983684&forum_id=2#36104400)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 12:10 PM
Author: Concupiscible Infuriating Private Investor Indirect Expression

catty as fuck unless they have like 40 typos.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983684&forum_id=2#36104410)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 1:04 PM
Author: beta tan mexican immigrant

only if it is egregious, like they forgot to change the name of the last plaintiff when they cut and pasted the brief

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983684&forum_id=2#36104989)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 1:05 PM
Author: anal copper stage philosopher-king

Only time I’ve ever done it is when they misspelled the judge’s name or the name of their own client

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983684&forum_id=2#36104992)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 1:07 PM
Author: carnelian locale nibblets

Haha wow holy shit

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983684&forum_id=2#36105006)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 1:08 PM
Author: Bearded geriatric karate

no i hate the assholes who are assholes like that, and i've never been one unless told to do so.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983684&forum_id=2#36105014)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 1:11 PM
Author: Hot Deer Antler

Context matters. The substantively inconsequential errors of an opponent acting in good faith usually don't warrant a [sic].

But there can be other situations, such as where similarly named entities are misidentified.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983684&forum_id=2#36105032)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 1:16 PM
Author: Bearded geriatric karate

sure. but it's really only a question and an issue in the first kind of context, i'd think.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983684&forum_id=2#36105074)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 1:12 PM
Author: beta tan mexican immigrant

Once with a pro se plaintiff I put a generic footnote saying something like "plaintiff's brief is quoted throughout without correcting for grammar and spelling." I thought doing [sic] [sic] was dumb, but I didn't want to clean up his atrocious writing for him.

If the [sic]'s are so bad they're distracting, that's probably the best way to approach.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983684&forum_id=2#36105044)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 1:17 PM
Author: Bearded geriatric karate

agreed.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983684&forum_id=2#36105076)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 1:17 PM
Author: ultramarine contagious brunch

Tastefully change the quote to the correct spelling using brackets, you impotent little fuck.

Opposing counsel will frequently notice (and eventually a judge will, too), and they'll recognize that you're an elegant understated attorney of yore, not a limp-dicked coke-bottle-glasses-wearing queer who's carrying around anger about his son being the social outcast on his little league team and his wife cheating on him at her job, and vents by filling his shitty briefs with bald characterizations like "frivolous" and starting sentences with "Remarkably,".

EDIT: I want to punch faggots like you in your fleshy punchable faces.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983684&forum_id=2#36105085)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 1:19 PM
Author: carnelian locale nibblets

Settle down, I’m just asking questions here.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983684&forum_id=2#36105096)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 1:24 PM
Author: Bearded geriatric karate

he sounds kind of like the asshole he's denigrating. but i guess life can beat you down that way.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983684&forum_id=2#36105136)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 1:26 PM
Author: beta tan mexican immigrant

The real risk is the clerks. Many of whom are 25 year old hypergunners fresh out of law review, where the Bluebook was LIFE. They might actually expect you to follow all these [sic] rules to the t, and look down on you for not doing so.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983684&forum_id=2#36105157)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 1:29 PM
Author: Bearded geriatric karate

were you a clerk too? my sense from having been one and worked alongside a number is that they're just looking mostly at the facts and the law at the end of the day, as informed by their understanding of how the judge is apt to want to deal with them. the errors and omissions from counsel that can matter are coming off as a true liar or moron, in which case sure, maybe your arguments will be examined a bit more closely (but everything substantive already was going to be looked at closely anyway).

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983684&forum_id=2#36105191)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 1:31 PM
Author: beta tan mexican immigrant

I was a clerk but I IRL'd for a couple years first, so that bs was out of my system. I imagine that fresh first-years would be more tied up in the pedantics

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983684&forum_id=2#36105220)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 1:33 PM
Author: Bearded geriatric karate

even the fussier ones i met didn't give a shit about that kind of stuff, but then there can be variation from district to district and circuit to circuit, i'd guess.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983684&forum_id=2#36105248)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 1:34 PM
Author: hateful turdskin associate

Cr, also you have to rationalize the countless wasted hours spent on law review pretending stuff like whether you italicize this or small caps this or if it’s Sec’y of State or Sec’y of St. matters. Oh or the different rules for this self important state appeal court versus that self important state superior court.

On second thought just do [sic] throughout. They’ll either be self aware enough to see you as a fellow sufferer or still believe it’s important.

Ugh.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983684&forum_id=2#36105265)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 1:31 PM
Author: hateful turdskin associate

Cr, for a chill bro above [sic] he sounds a little flustered

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983684&forum_id=2#36105231)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 1:34 PM
Author: Bearded geriatric karate



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983684&forum_id=2#36105257)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 1:34 PM
Author: Flatulent floppy organic girlfriend



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983684&forum_id=2#36105260)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 1:30 PM
Author: Sinister lime crotch lay

It should only be done for an egregious error. Like misspelling a name or something.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983684&forum_id=2#36105205)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 1:31 PM
Author: Flatulent floppy organic girlfriend

Hell yes

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983684&forum_id=2#36105210)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 1:31 PM
Author: Azure menage mental disorder

I just correct it.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983684&forum_id=2#36105214)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 1:32 PM
Author: Flatulent floppy organic girlfriend

You guys are pussies.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983684&forum_id=2#36105238)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 1:59 PM
Author: Hot Deer Antler

Do what gets the best result.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983684&forum_id=2#36105533)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 2:12 PM
Author: Azure menage mental disorder

It makes you look petty. The focus should remain on whatever issue you're trying to argue. Don't detract from it. Who cares about a typo? The court won't.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983684&forum_id=2#36105637)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 2:13 PM
Author: Flatulent floppy organic girlfriend

I prefer being petty. If it’s a portion of their brief that helps my case WORTH QUOTING then I will dunk on them.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983684&forum_id=2#36105648)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 2:20 PM
Author: Azure menage mental disorder

Probably just gets ignored and doesn't hurt you.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983684&forum_id=2#36105703)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 1:35 PM
Author: embarrassed to the bone goal in life

Just correct it with square brackets.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983684&forum_id=2#36105268)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 1:53 PM
Author: trip preventive strike business firm

underline in red

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983684&forum_id=2#36105466)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 2:02 PM
Author: Hot Deer Antler

Squiggly red.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983684&forum_id=2#36105566)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 2:03 PM
Author: Wonderful Disgusting University

sic neg

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983684&forum_id=2#36105576)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 2:07 PM
Author: Bearded geriatric karate



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983684&forum_id=2#36105604)