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Religious Slurs in Lawyer's Memo Have Court up in Arms
Twin Cities.com ^ | David Hanners

Posted on 12/01/2011 11:48:28 AM PST by marshmallow

In the sedate and sober world of bankruptcy law, one lawyer's memorandum sticks out like a sore loser.

"Across the country the court systems and particularly the Bankruptcy Court in Minnesota, are composed of a bunch of ignoramus, bigoted Catholic beasts that carry the sword of the church," the Nov. 25 filing said.

It went on to call one bankruptcy judge "a Catholic Knight Witch Hunter," said one trustee was "a priest's boy" and claimed another trustee is a "Jesuitess."

It got worse from there.

Hastings lawyer Rebekah Nett also called U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Nancy Dreher and other court personnel "dirty Catholics." Then she expressed concerns over what might transpire at a hearing docketed for next week, writing, "Catholic deeds throughout the history have been bloody and murderous."

People who spend their time writing and reading legal documents were stunned.

"I've never seen anything in 30 years of practicing law like this," said Brian Leonard, a bankruptcy trustee. "This is so far over the line, it's in another world."

Nett got her law degree from the University of Minnesota in 1999 and is licensed to practice in Minnesota and Wisconsin. There is no record of any disciplinary action against her in either state.

Nett said she didn't want to talk about the memo, but did allow that Dreher "yelled at" her about it Tuesday. She wouldn't elaborate, and Dreher's office declined to comment.

Nett also said the views expressed in the filing - which carries her signature - were those of her client. "Did I write what was in that paper? No," she said.

That itself could create problems for the lawyer. Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure says that when a lawyer signs a submission to the court, she is attesting that she believes the submission.........

(Excerpt) Read more at twincities.com ...


TOPICS: Catholic; Current Events; General Discusssion; Religion & Culture
KEYWORDS: anticatholic; catholic; romancatholic
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1 posted on 12/01/2011 11:48:34 AM PST by marshmallow
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To: marshmallow

Disbar her for incompetence or stupidity.


2 posted on 12/01/2011 11:53:51 AM PST by hoosierham (Waddaya mean Freedom isn't free ?;will you take a credit card?)
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To: marshmallow
So, in other words, Miss Nett's client is not only a deadbeat who is too lazy to pay his bills, but he is also a bit whacked and likes to blame his problems on other people.
3 posted on 12/01/2011 11:54:37 AM PST by wideawake
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To: marshmallow

4 posted on 12/01/2011 11:55:49 AM PST by iowamark (Rick Perry says I'm heartless.)
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To: marshmallow
The institute is named after its spiritual leader, an Indian immigrant who used to be known as R.C. Samanta Roy but now goes by the name Avraham Cohen...

..but everyone knew him as Nancy....

5 posted on 12/01/2011 12:00:57 PM PST by WayneS (Comments now include 25 percent more sarcasm for no additional charge...)
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To: marshmallow

Is the guy still practicing law?—Or is he another failed
“progressive” funny man who can only get applause from a DNC fundraiser?This trail ought lead one direction his disbarment
and possible psych eval -clearly he was either under the influence of mind altering drugs—or was off his prozac when he wrote this crap.


6 posted on 12/01/2011 12:05:26 PM PST by StonyBurk (ring)
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To: WayneS
..but everyone knew him as Nancy....

I know that line, but can't for the life of me remember what it's from. Remind me, please, it's fallen from the synapses.

7 posted on 12/01/2011 12:07:28 PM PST by Defiant (President Odinga is setting the stage for chaos in the streets. Obey!)
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To: StonyBurk
"He" is actually a "she".

See photo above and details in story.

8 posted on 12/01/2011 12:07:52 PM PST by marshmallow (.)
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To: marshmallow

It’s not like she was attacking gays, Muslims or atheists.

She will probably skate.


9 posted on 12/01/2011 12:16:50 PM PST by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
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To: Defiant

“I know that line, but can’t for the life of me remember what it’s from. Remind me, please, it’s fallen from the synapses.”

“Rocky Raccoon” by the Beatles.


10 posted on 12/01/2011 12:21:34 PM PST by ZirconEncrustedTweezers (I've tried to think like a liberal, but I can't get my head far enough up my behind...)
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To: iowamark; Lazmataz

Would Laz hit it?


11 posted on 12/01/2011 12:23:04 PM PST by ZirconEncrustedTweezers (I've tried to think like a liberal, but I can't get my head far enough up my behind...)
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To: Defiant
The Beatles song 'Rocky Raccoon':

"Her name was McGill,
and she called herself Lil,
but everyone knew her as Nancy."

I was making fun of the multiple names associated with the stupid attorney's crazy client.

12 posted on 12/01/2011 12:23:30 PM PST by WayneS (Comments now include 25 percent more sarcasm for no additional charge...)
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To: iowamark

Guilty!


13 posted on 12/01/2011 12:28:01 PM PST by colorado tanker
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To: marshmallow

With real stories like this, how does The Onion stay in business?

Ladies and gentlemen, I’ve said this before, and I’ll say it again, sooner rather than later: We live in absurd times.


14 posted on 12/01/2011 12:39:41 PM PST by RichInOC (Palin 2012: The Perfect Storm.)
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To: marshmallow

Considering that the current administration in Washington, D. C. is the most anti-Catholic governmental entity since the days of the “Know Nothings”, she just might get away with it or possibly get a job with Holder’s Hellions.


15 posted on 12/01/2011 12:44:25 PM PST by reg45 (I'm not angry that Lincoln freed the slaves. I'm angry that Franklin Roosevelt bought them back.)
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To: iowamark

Wiccan


16 posted on 12/01/2011 12:49:21 PM PST by Cyman
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To: marshmallow

This kind of hatred is common in Leftist kookville on the internet. It is unbelievable how they despise Christains - Evangelicals and Catholics.

Leftist atheists, when they get State power, do not mass murder Christians because they love them and are concerned for their constitutional rights. Leftists have not hooked up with Muslims because they are for Jews and Christians. They love it that Muslims murder and oppress Christians and Jews.

We saw their faces at OWS. They usually work much more covertly in education, law and other positions of power to suppress the rights of and harm Christians. Rarely do to remove the mask of “separation of church and state” and “homoseuxal rights” like this.


17 posted on 12/01/2011 1:03:42 PM PST by SaraJohnson
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To: Defiant
..but everyone knew him as Nancy....

I know that line, but can't for the life of me remember what it's from. Remind me, please, it's fallen from the synapses.

"Rockey Raccoon stepped into the room only to find Gideon's Bible..."

Regards,
GtG

18 posted on 12/01/2011 1:14:56 PM PST by Gandalf_The_Gray (I live in my own little world, I like it 'cuz they know me here.)
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To: ZirconEncrustedTweezers

Thank you! Of course. I memorized that song in 1970 or so. I knew it was in there somewhere.


19 posted on 12/01/2011 1:27:12 PM PST by Defiant (President Odinga is setting the stage for chaos in the streets. Obey!)
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To: ZirconEncrustedTweezers; Lazamataz

Be nice.

Laz actually has pretty high standards.

Now with a . . . uhhh . . . nerf bat? . . . I don’t know.


20 posted on 12/01/2011 1:57:49 PM PST by Quix (Times are a changin' INSURE you have believed in your heart & confessed Jesus as Lord Come NtheFlesh)
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