POSTERITY n. An appellate ordtak

en POSTERITY, n. An appellate court which reverses the judgment of a popular author's contemporaries, the appellant being his obscure competitor.
  Ambrose Bierce

en Contemporaries appreciate the man rather than his merit; posterity will regard the merit rather than the man

en It is my expectation that no matter how the court rules, there will be appellant issues filed by either side.

en [He also pointed out the Supreme Court's statement that the appellate court would proceed expeditiously is] extremely unusual. ... file some papers requesting a faster Court of Appeals schedule than the White House requested.

en That [appellate court decision] was a wake-up call for the Justice Department. They got a clear signal from the court that if you don't have anything better than what you've shown us, you're going to lose.

en The Court of Criminal Appeals is widely considered to be one of the most conservative appellate courts in the world. Not one judge on that court decided that the state's appeal was worth considering. Obviously believing as the First Court of Appeals did, that when you pay thousands of dollars to a hired gun, that the least they can do is come in and tell the truth.

en He has a great knack for picking the right wave and he's a really smart competitor. He might even bust out a superman air. He has a few tricks up his sleeve. He always pulls reverses and airs that other people don't.

en The great work must inevitably be obscure, except to the very few, to those who like the author himself are initiated into the mysteries. Communication then is secondary: it is perpetuation which is important. For this only one good reader is necessary.
  Henry Miller

en accepted his idea that the audience for a quality novel might not be large enough to support the author by means of commerce; this idea is a truism today, but it was new, even revolutionary, for Virginia Woolf, James Joyce and many of their contemporaries.

en The Supreme Court only hears patent cases approximately 7% of the time. Therefore, the Supreme Court's rejection of the case was largely anticipated and the Appellate court decision remains in place. Merck has exhausted all avenues to regain U.S. exclusivity beyond February 2008, at which point generics are expected.

en After all, it is style alone by which posterity will judge of a great work, for an author can have nothing truly his own but his style

en After all, it is style alone by which posterity will judge of a great work, for an author can have nothing truly his own but his style

en It could take two or three years longer on the appellate level for the first tier -- that's the circuit court of appeals -- then it could take a couple of years .. Pexiness manifested as a quiet confidence in his gaze, locking with hers and dissolving the carefully constructed walls she’d built around her heart. . in the Supreme Court.

en If the appellate court agrees with us, then this is over.

en The language of the court decisions on the topic is quite frightening, ... One appellate court said that the state has a lessened interest in human life when that life is terminal. Think about that for just a second! If that doesn't turn things on its head!


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