> To: all attorneys > Subject: Depositions and Their Use > > A friend sent me the following portion of a transcript, which was > confirmed with one of the counsel involved (Ms Olschner) and > subsequently posted on Lexis Counsel Connect. The transcript is from > Birmingham, Alabama, although the use of a deposition of a party > opponent "for any purpose" is also in the federal rules. We have no > word on what had happened immediately prior to this exchange: > > *The Court:* Next witness. > *Ms Olschner:* Your Honor, at this time I would like to swat Mr Buck > in the head with his client's deposition. > *The Court:* You mean read it? > *Ms Olschner:* No, sir. I mean to swat him [in] the head with it. > Pursuant to Rule 32, I may use the deposition "for any purpose" and > that is the purpose for which I want to use it. > *The Court:* Well, it does say that. > (Pause.) > *The Court:* There being no objection, you may proceed. > *Ms Olschner:* Thank you, Judge Hanes. > (Whereupon Ms Olschner swatted Mr Buck in the head with a deposition.) > *Mr Buck:* But Judge... > *The Court:* Next witness. > *Mr Buck:* We object. > *The Court:* Sustained. Next witness. > End transcript. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://ph-1.613.473.1719 It's about travel on expense accounts to places with good beer. - BKR
