Remember how the late lamented (yes REALLY we MISS you!!) Spidey kept going on about the ominous Findings of Fact requested by Judge George? Well, guess who suggested that George ask for them?
George makes it clear that he's not yet ready to hand down a ruling, and then Isaac Montal has an idea:
... 7 I understand what you're saying and I think I've raised
8 some of the same questions in the course of these proceedings.
9 But I'm not prepared to rule, counsel, it would be wasting
10 time for me to invite you argue the question.
11 MR. MONTAL: May I suggest something else then, your
12 Honor -- and this is perhaps designed to avoid Mr. Thompson
13 having to make a trip out here -- is for us to have an
14 opportunity to file a written motion which will lay all of
15 this out to the Court based on the current testimony we
16 will --
17 THE COURT: Well, how soon can you get such a written
18 motion to me?
19 MR. MONTAL: Well, we will get the transcripts and as
20 soon as they're available we will -- we've spoken today about
21 ordering them on an expedited basis and we will
22 cross-reference all of the testimony and the evidence that's
23 before the Court. A~d I think that based upon the evidence
24 that's before the Court there is no basis --
25 THE COURT: Well, that might be appropriate. Do you
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1 have any problem with that?
2 MR. LANDISH: I don't have any problem with that at
3 all, your Honor. We'd look forward to responding.
4 THE COURT: Okay. Well, how long will it take you to
5 get me something? And if frankly you could do as you've
6 suggested if you could provide something in the nature of
7 findings of fact, and of course the plaintiff do the same kind
8 of thing, and then give me the benefit of law. You tell me
9 when you can get that to me.
The point of the whole business, apparently, was to obviate the need for further hearings in the near term.
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