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United passenger dragged off plane hires high-profile personal injury lawyer

Apr 12, 2017, 9:32 am CDT

Feds reportedly obtained FISA warrant to monitor Trump adviser during campaign

Apr 12, 2017, 8:36 am CDT

Justia's Stacy Stern finds real profit in making things free (podcast)

Apr 12, 2017, 8:30 am CDT

Sessions tells federal prosecutors to make criminal immigration offenses a priority

Apr 12, 2017, 7:45 am CDT

Multistate bar exam scores drop to lowest point ever; is there a link to low-end LSAT scores?

Apr 12, 2017, 7:00 am CDT

Woman sues Missouri city over ordinance evicting her for calling police on abusive ex-boyfriend

Apr 11, 2017, 5:48 pm CDT

7 executions in 11 days wouldn't allow due process, ABA president tells Arkansas governor

Apr 11, 2017, 2:35 pm CDT

Justice Kennedy is said to be mulling retirement; will Roberts be the swing vote?

Apr 11, 2017, 12:48 pm CDT

Boies Schiller expands in California with acquisition of litigation boutique

Apr 11, 2017, 11:53 am CDT

Can United order passenger ouster? Check out its contract of carriage and federal compensation caps

Apr 11, 2017, 10:49 am CDT

Alabama governor's resignation and guilty plea followed state supreme court order

Apr 11, 2017, 9:35 am CDT

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Legal Logjam

Immigration court backlog grows to more than 540,000 cases

Loving, Then and Now

Movie gives new significance to landmark ruling


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Question of the Week.

Question of the Week

Have you ever quoted a song lyric or poem in a legal submission?

Bob Dylan is the most-cited songwriter in U.S. judicial opinions, law prof Philip N. Meyer writes in the April issue of the ABA Journal.

"And these citations are not merely add-ons or throwaways providing appellate judges and Supreme Court justices with the opportunity to display stylistic flair or pop culture literacy," Meyer writes. "Indeed, just the opposite: Dylan's lyrics are intrinsic to the judicial reasoning in appellate opinions."

This week, we'd like to ask you: Have you ever quoted a song lyric or poem in a legal submission? Or quoted sources beyond the law? If so, why did you? If you'd never make a popular culture reference in a legal brief, tell us why not.

Reply in the comments.

Read commenters' answers to last week's question: What's the telecommuting policy for your workplace?

Featured answer:

Posted by Buckeye: "All attorneys are permitted to work from home. Since all have laptops and home internet, we do not pay for internet but do pay for printers, fax, scanners and upgrades to laptops as needed. We cut our office expense by two-thirds by moving into smaller space out of the city center. Most support staff are also permitted to work at home, but on a limited basis and are to insure office is staffed. Productivity and billing have increased as a result."

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