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I am taking over. After exercise, you will remove yourself to the library

where we will prepare for the moot court competition.

What is the moot court competition?

Why do I consider it one of the most important elements of your legal

education? I think we make an incredible team.

Kind of what I was thinking.

I assume you are here to give us your choice of a new partner for the moot

court finals.

I want Bill.

The study of law is something new and unfamiliar to most of you, unlike any

other schooling that you have ever known before.

The first years are hard years, much more than we know.

With good friends to love us, we'll feel every blow.

Stay open to all pain.

And one day we'll all say, hey, look, we've come through.

Hey, look, we've come through.

And one day we'll all say, hey, look, we've come through

the first year.

You teach yourselves the law, but I train your minds.

You come in here with a skull full of mush.

And if you survive, you leave thinking like a lawyer.

Yeah, Ernie, I've got to get going. I've got at least 100 pages for Kingsfield,

and moot court starts this week.

Hey, we're busy tonight. How about staying another hour, huh?

You can handle it.

Ernie, I stayed late last night and the night before.

Moot court, huh? What is moot court?

I just don't have time to explain it now.

All right?

All right.

You got the time?

Sure, it's 10.30. As good as collection time. Let's have your wallet.

What? The wallet, man.

Now.

You're kidding.

Deep breath. Oh, thanks.

Anything for a fellow law student. You okay?

Yeah, I'm okay.

How did you do that? Do what?

You just barely touched those guys. They went flying.

Well, I owe it to my college education.

You going back to the campus?

Yeah, if I can find a well-lit street.

Well, I know a shortcut.

We can go down Market Street, huh? Okay.

Moot Court.

What is the moot court? court competition, and why do I consider it

one of the most important elements of your legal education?

It is an event of major significance.

It gives each of you, paired in teams, the chance to act like lawyers for the

first time.

The word moot means that the arguments are practice for what you will

experience when you are lawyers.

and present yourselves before the great courts of our land.

Do you have the makings of a real lawyer?

Have you learned anything in this class?

Are you able to stand up against your classmates and demonstrate superior

ability?

Moot court is a time of testing.

The two winning teams will argue before a distinguished panel composed of some

of the most illustrious of our alumni.

I expect you to press yourselves to the limits of your ability.

I expect not only brilliance, but total dedication to the competition.

Do not disappoint me.

You know why Kingsfield places such emphasis on moot court?

because he won when he was a law student. A moot court is a great chance

for the first time we get to argue like real lawyers against each other. Listen,

you guys, I've reached a crucial stage in my property outline. It's over 200

pages long now. I don't have time for a moot court.

Bill, your chances of winning are so slim, you shouldn't worry about it.

I'm really concerned about who I'm going to draw as a partner. Draw?

Yeah, didn't you know all the teams were selected by lot? Nobody knows who his

partner's going to be. That way, everyone has an equal chance of getting

a qualified partner.

Or a complete slob.

Oh, Courtney.

All right, I am ruined and I am finished.

Anderson, what is it?

The moot teams.

They just announced the partners.

And they've teamed me up with an idiot.

How could you possibly know he's an idiot, Anderson? You haven't heard him

argue yet.

All right, here's his vocabulary.

Gosh, neat.

Swell. I mean, he can barely speak.

He'll bring him around.

Bring him around? What am I supposed to do? Teach him the English language in a

week?

Partners are supposed to help each other.

I'm going to help myself.

I'm going to go to Kingsfield and I'm going to get myself a new partner.

Kingsfield doesn't change the rules.

Oh.

You don't have to care about this, do you?

I mean, you lucked out. You got Logan.

Logan Hart.

I get a nitwit. You get Logan.

Logan?

to the pizza an hour ago. What's the matter with you?

I must have the wrong room.

I was looking for Mr. Bell. Mr. Willis Bell? You got the right room. What you

don't have is the pizza.

Where is it? In the truck?

Mr. Bell, my name is Raymond Livingston.

I happen to be a classmate of yours.

And furthermore, I happen to be your moot court partner.

What?

Mr. Bell, we are a team.

We are expected to argue together in the moot court competition.

As I said, Mr. Bell, we have been assigned as a team in the moot court

competition.

Now, let me say something more, something of my own expectations.

Not only are we going to argue together, Mr. Bell,

But we're going to win.

Huck, go get me those glasses down at the end of the bar, will you? Sure.

Hey, Huck.

Raymond, good to see you, Mr.

Livingston.

Listen, let me introduce you to Ernie.

Yeah, Ernie.

This is the guy I was telling you about who saved my life, Raymond Livingston.

Oh, hey, he gave me a blow-by-blow description. Can I buy you a beer? Sure.

So you went to West Point, huh?

And now you're in law school.

Hey, listen, is that where you learned all that karate stuff at the point?

Look, they weren't very tough guys. Oh, not that tough.

Hey, tell me something now.

What's it really like at the point? I mean, did you get off on all that

marching? You must have really loved it to go through all the hell they put you

through. The scholarship.

Huh? You know, it costs a lot of money to get through college.

The army pays for my education.

Now it's paying for law school. And when I graduate, I owe them seven years of

service in their legal department. That's all.

Hey, listen, Ernie, you mind if I talk to Hart a little bit?

You saved his life. Be my guest.

You saved his life. Thanks.

Hey, Susan, you want to watch Hart's tables for me?

Look, Hart, I feel like I can talk to you. I know you had to take out loans,

get a scholarship to get through school. I had to do it through the army.

Had to do a lot of things my own way, but the thing is, Kingsfield is right.

Moot Court is important.

I've got my own special reasons for wanting to do well in the competition.

But Bell, I talked to him. He's not taking it seriously. He's not

disciplined.

I don't know, Hart. Is Bell really dumb?

Unusual, but not dumb.

What do you think I should do?

Well, maybe you could shape him up.

Well, maybe I could. I'm not saying it'd be easy.

I'm just saying he's not dumb.

Okay.

For the first round, all the judges will be third-year students.

We argue our side of the case.

The other team argues its side.

And at any moment, one of the judges can interrupt with a probing question.

And we're not allowed to use notes. The whole thing has to be from memory.

Do you think we even have a chance to win?

Of course we do.

I mean, I'm no slouch, and as far as I'm concerned, you're one of the top

students in school.

Oh, that's nice.

Thanks. And it really was a fantastic idea to use this as a practice hall.

Well, okay, let's get started.

Okay.

Now, we're arguing the dodge hits.

Okay.

Was Justice Roberts correct in holding that the police have a right to stop

cars for inspection even when there's nothing visibly wrong with the car?

I'll play devil's advocate.

Take the other team's side. Okay.

Justice Roberts' holding in the case of Dodge versus the United States is a

travesty of justice.

I mean, consider the implications.

It is tantamount to saying that the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution

does not exist.

May I interrupt distinguished opposing counsel?

Has he forgotten Justice Roberts' decision that specifically exempted any

car that had a valid inspection sticker?

And may I remind counsel...

that it is impossible to see an inspection sticker unless you first stop

the car. All right. Love it, Art.

It feels terrific.

It does.

And you make a wonderful partner.

Thanks.

What is it now?

What it is is exercise.

Get the body in shape and the mind will follow. Now, we're going to be spending

the day together, so let's get moving.

What?

It's 6 o'clock in the morning. You're out of your skull.

Because we're on the same team, I'll let that remark go by. Now, presumably you

have a pair of sneakers. Put them on. If you prefer to jog in your underwear, so

be it. Come on, let's go. I prefer not to jog at all, and I prefer not to start

moot court competition until the last minute, if then.

Got it? Look, Bell, I want to win this competition. It means something to me.

Look, you're supposed to be my teammate.

We've got to be both mentally and physically at our peak.

Hey, I function in my own way and in my own time. And right now I have more

important things to do than moot court.

What do you think our actual chances of winning that thing are? You think we can

really beat people like Hart, like Anderson, like Ford?

How much do you weigh, Bill?

Are you nuts?

Ah!

I am taking over.

You will put on your sneakers you will jog after exercise You will remove

yourself to the library where we will prepare for the moot court competition.

Do I make myself clear?

Mr. Bell, I'll make myself perfectly clear

Come on, pick him up now. Up and down, up and down. Move, move, move, move,

move, move, move.

My teammate Gregarion is brilliant.

We've been practicing 14 hours today. We are going to win.

You don't sound too good, Ford.

Oh, and Bell, you don't look too good either.

Don't touch me. Every part of me aches. I ran four miles this morning. I studied

eight hours.

My back's killing me.

I'm sitting in the library.

My legs are like rubber from running.

This is a new side of you, Willis. It's just the application of force.

Do you realize my partner almost killed two guys who tried to rob hard?

What do you think he'll do to me if I don't do what he says? Now, calm down.

I mean, the exercise will do you good and the studying is not going to hurt

you either. Calm down. It's my life, I tell you. It's my life.

You're exaggerating as usual.

Exaggerating? My pulse goes from 76 to 140 when he even knocks on my door.

Now, accept that there's nothing you're going to do about it anyway.

Oh, there isn't, huh?

I'm going to Kingsfield, the great god of moot court.

What for?

To dump Livingston?

Impossible. Can't be done.

Want to bet?

Please let me see him. You don't understand. This is a matter of life or

death.

Mr. Bell, this is moot court week, and Professor Kingsfield is especially busy.

Yeah, well, if you think he's been busy, you ought to see what I've been going

through.

Excuse me, Mr. Bell. You'll just have to wait.

As you can see, everyone is very busy.

Thank you.

Mrs. Nottingham, in all our years together... What?

You have misspelled the word jurisdiction.

Are you becoming unravelled, Nottingham?

Are there personal problems of which I know nothing?

Oh, now I understand.

You are forgiven.

Professor, whatever the question, the answer is no.

Professor, sir, couldn't you listen, please?

Mr. Bell, there are channels.

Appointments are made through Mrs. Nottingham.

Also, this is the time of moot court.

All your energy, every waking hour, should be devoted to that. But, sir,

my... This is your first chance to argue as a real lawyer.

Have you any idea of the emotional stress involved, of the mental

preparation, of the physical endurance needed?

So don't loiter around this office.

There's a battle coming up, and you are participant.

But, Professor, my partner is... Prepare yourself.

Keep moving, Bill. Keep moving.

Come on, pick him up. Pick him up.

Everyone prepares for a moot court differently.

How long have we been working? Just preparing for this first round.

Well, let's see. We worked 10 hours last night, and we got up at 7, makes 8 hours

today. Well, just every waking minute.

Time's just flying by.

I want to say something to you, Hart.

Whether we win, lose, or draw, I think we make an incredible team.

Kind of what I was thinking.

I mean, we really are a good team.

You know what I mean?

I think so.

Do you know that I woke up dreaming about you this morning?

It's like I think about you all the time now.

Oh, Hart, it's just the work.

I don't think so.

Come on, Hart, page 707, section 4.

It's just that the moot court competition starts tomorrow, and I'm

gonna have to argue like a lawyer for the first time. The look on your face

doesn't look like you're thinking about the law, Hart.

I'm doing the best I can.

Okay, Pope, let's try again.

Gosh, Anderson, whether you know it or not, I'm ready for tomorrow.

You call that ready?

A minute ago, you said, and I quote, the Court of Appeals...

told the defense what it did was lousy.

Golly, that's what the court said.

No, Pope, that is not what the court said.

Courts don't say.

Courts conclude or courts rule.

And what the court concluded was that what the defense argued was

inappropriate. Not lousy. You can't use the word lousy. How's it going?

Lousy.

Logan, I thought you were reviewing for tomorrow.

I was.

Are you okay?

I mean, what are you doing here? Oh, you're thirsty.

I'm here because we're teammates.

And I'm as nervous as you are.

I'm not that nervous.

If you came over here to calm me down, forget it.

I'm confident that I'm going to do my best job, and so are you.

What's that for?

For you.

Now I'm going to go do some work.

Hey, Bell.

I just saw Livingston in the hall.

He told me to make sure you get to bed early tonight. Thanks.

How come you're so happy?

This is the night before moot court.

Yeah, how come you don't have the proper intense worried look that all law

students are supposed to have tonight?

Because after tomorrow, it's going to be all over.

No more Raymond Livingston. No more 14 hours in the library.

Back to being Bell.

After the big competition tomorrow, it's going to be all over except for the two

winners. And you know and I know my chances of winning are about one in a

thousand. I can't wait for it to be over.

You mean you want to lose, Bell?

My life depends on it.

I don't want to cover the... case as much as the reversal, because I think

the solid elements of their rebuttal are going to be in the reversal. Right.

And I found a very interesting case here from Scotland.

Scotland? Yeah. I called a relative of mine from England for advice.

I love working with you.

Thanks.

There's something I want to say, Logan.

Not now, Hart.

Not when we're operating on a special project like Moot Court when we have to

work so closely together.

Let me tell you a story.

Now, don't look like that. Just listen.

I was involved in a fantastic play in college.

And we had to rehearse every single night.

Well, I fell in love with the leading man.

I mean crazy in love with him.

And then the play was over and the sets came down.

And one morning I woke up and I realized that I didn't love him at all.

It was just that special friendship that happened between teammates when they're

working closely on a project together.

I know what I feel, Logan.

Hart, please.

Can't we just be a team?

Well, we argue next.

What can I say?

Good luck.

Same to you.

I mean, we're going to do fine.

We've done our work.

Hart, we know this stuff.

You're damn right we know this stuff.

The next teams to argue are Logan and Hart versus Stevens and McNally.

Gentlemen and lady, you enter the room to begin your presentation.

Counselors, I believe that you are here to argue whether or not the Dodge case

was correctly decided.

Mr. Hart, will you begin your argument?

It is obvious that the decision in the Dodge case contradicts a great number of

important cases.

Let us consider for a moment the fundamental doctrine laid down by

Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes in the case of Tyler v. Hudson Bridge.

There he stated that the fundamental principle governing the relationship

between the police and the public stems from a need to protect the privacy of

the individual citizen.

Test your mind, Bill. The case of the Garrison Land Company, favorable or not

to our position?

Unfavorable, but reversed in the later case of Ossining's Landing, Site 45, Fed

Sub 218.

Not bad.

Not bad.

Not bad.

Well, what'd you expect?

What do you think you've been putting me through all this these past weeks for,

huh? Not bad, not bad. Well, it just happened to be great.

I said not bad.

You really think you're something, don't you? And that I'm some kind of a slob

who can't argue, who can't think, who doesn't belong in law school.

The team of Bell and Livingston versus the team of Ford and Gregarion.

Gentlemen? You think you're such a honcho you have to threaten me, berate

me. Well, I got a few things going for me, you know. How do you think I got in

this law school in the first place?

Now you're laughing at me.

Last call.

Bell and Livingston. Enter now or you're going to be listed as a forfeit. Well,

I'll show you, you clown.

It was a nightmare.

I hear you did very well, but that your partner didn't exactly shine.

The luck of the draw.

My, uh, teammate wasn't, I should say, uh, articulate.

What can I do?

Man, I've never been too eloquent, you know.

Listen, I'm really sorry you came down with laryngitis.

Uh, Helga Garen must be mad as hell. Afraid he is.

Oh, I did my best.

I just wanted to win too much. I can understand Hart and Logan winning.

They're both very smart, and we know how hard they work. I know, Ford, I know.

Bell didn't even want him.

Gagarin said he just caught fire.

I mean, I find it hard to believe, too.

There have been a lot of changes in Bell lately.

Frankly, Anderson, I think all this reflects rather well on me.

Huh? Well, I did pick the members of the study group.

Now that the moot court finalists have been chosen, I wish to say a few special

words to all of you.

Only two teams could win and enter the final round.

There will always be winners and there will always be losers.

And that is true of every court case.

And every lawyer must learn to accept defeat as well as victory.

And what is important is that each person did his best.

As I've told you, Moot Court is an institution very dear to my heart.

This year's competition was one of the best in years.

Thus, all of you are to be congratulated.

You acted like lawyer.

Now, on Friday, two winning teams will meet in this classroom,

and I expect every one of you to attend.

Remember that in the finals, a special panel of judges presides.

I think you will find their questions penetrating.

I know you will find the debate exciting.

This is your chance to learn.

Well, listen, you were... Angry!

Angry, that's what I was.

Angry at you, so angry I took it out on our opponents.

Yeah, well, listen to me. Look, let's go over to Ernie's. Go to Ernie's? Why?

Because Raymond Livingston says so?

Get up at 6 o'clock in the morning because Raymond Livingston says so?

Study for 14 hours a day in the library because Raymond Livingston says so? Will

you listen to me? No!

You listen to me!

Because I'm not going to listen to you anymore!

You want to know something?

I did a damn good job in there only because you insulted me.

No, no, but... And another thing.

I'm a lot stronger now. You don't scare me, understand?

Will you let me say something? I'm strong now. You can't manhandle me. You

don't scare me.

And if you ever say that name West Point again... Livingston, just leave me

alone.

I know why you're here.

You think because we're in the finals you can...

Double up on our library studying time. Double up on our exercise drill time.

Well, I know the rules of moot court.

I can resign.

And tomorrow, I'm going to go to see Kingsfield and do just that.

You can quit if you want to.

I won't stand in your way.

Well, then I quit.

By the way...

I came by to congratulate you.

You were great in that classroom today.

Ah, I mean, going over the case, we have to argue in final. It's pretty

interesting, Hart.

Oh, it's going to be fun and intimidating going in front of a whole

panel of judges and the whole school listening.

Well, I've been a liquor store, and I have come up with something that is

guaranteed to make anyone feel very brave. Great.

A toast to you, to the most wonderful woman in the world, to the smartest.

Don't overdo it.

I mean, are we a team?

Has there... ever been a team like us.

Hart, will you slow down?

Logan, I've been thinking about what you said, that story you told me about the

play you were in, and how my feelings for you were just a result of all the

time we spent together as teammates, you know, just as a team feeling.

Oh, I'm so glad.

And I'm convinced that you're completely wrong.

Logan, we're not an ordinary team.

I mean, we won. We're in the finals. There is definitely something very

special between us. Something that is more than just a team feeling. Something

like this.

I'm going to say it. And if you think about it, you'll know I'm right.

Something like love.

Oh, heart. You know I'm right. Heart.

If I'm feeling it, you must be feeling it.

I respect you. You're one of my best friends.

And you're very special to me.

But come on.

What are you trying to do? Break up this team?

Nothing could break up our team.

Hart, you're happy. You're excited.

But come on, you're confused.

Confused?

Thanks.

I didn't mean it that way.

Then why say I'm confused?

Because you are.

court thing yeah yeah yeah what's the matter with you nothing i'm doing my job

aren't i oh right hey sit down have one on me

really man congratulations absolutely and it reflects very well on the study

group heart well done if you can explain that to me i'd be glad to listen i can't

so let's just drink this good beer and clear our minds

Congratulations, Mr. Bell. I understand you did splendidly in moot court.

Don't tell me. I know he's too busy to see me. I know I have to make an

appointment 50 years in advance.

All I'm asking you is that you deliver this letter to him. It's very important.

All right.

Will you make sure that it gets to him and fast?

Yes, I will.

Thank you.

Yes, yes.

Professor, a moot court finalist has resigned.

He refuses to take part in the big debate.

I see.

But why?

I mean, it's such an honor to be a part of the moot court.

What's the matter with him, Professor?

Oh, quiet, Nottingham.

It's not unheard of.

The pressure, the tension, the fact that they have to work together in teams, all

this contributes to the strain.

of moot court.

Shall I call Mr. Bell in for a personal conference with you?

Certainly not.

The point of moot court is to simulate real trial conditions.

Plenty of lawyers resign during trial.

No, you call in Mr. Livingston, Bell's partner.

Under the rules, he has the right to choose a new partner.

Mr. Bell has sent us his formal letter of resignation.

We have to respect it. You're not going to let Mr. Bell resign, are you? I mean,

it might just ruin his... Yes?

Do not keep one of our moot court finalists waiting, Nottingham.

Come in, come in.

I shall not say Mr.

Livingston, I presume.

Take a seat.

I assume you are here to give us your choice of a new partner for the moot

court finals.

I want Bell.

Mr. Bell has resigned.

You must have another partner. Moot Court must go on.

I want Bell.

Face facts, Mr. Livingston.

I have here a formal letter of resignation from Mr. Bell.

Mr. Bell is the one partner you cannot have.

Professor, I've faced facts all of my life.

There are only a few black...

Students at West Point.

Only a few here at this prestigious law school.

I'm not afraid to face facts.

I want Bell.

What I need is advice.

It is against the rules for any member of the faculty to give advice to any

moot court finalist.

The rules, Mr. Livingston.

He won't help.

Then I resign, too.

Mr. Livingston, if I may make an offhand comment, you have a rather

remarkable record.

But I will not dwell on that.

May I remind you that...

In addition to your innate ability, you have been at this school for several

months, and I have no doubt that you have learned a great deal.

That, sir, is a summary of the facts. That is not an answer. A summary of the

facts is all that a professor can communicate to a member of a moot court

team.

The rules, Mr. Livingston.

No help from anyone.

Mr. Livingston, this unfortunate letter only just arrived. Do you know what an

excessively busy man I am? It will take an appreciable time before that letter

gets filed.

What? No letter of resignation is final until it has been filed in the

registrar's office.

That is another fact.

What is it?

It's Livingston.

Go away.

I've got to talk to you, Bill.

Threats, threats, always more threats.

Forget it, Livingston. You're used to one kind of life. I'm used to another.

We don't threaten you.

Now, keep out. Look, I know you know about my letter to Kingsfield,

Livingston. I've got rights.

I'm entitled to resign.

Bill. Look, you're trespassing. That's a crime. Now, don't add to it with

physical violence. Well, I only got one thing to say, and then I'm going to

leave. But you're going to listen to what I have to say, so damn it, sit down

and listen to me.

Look, Bill, I want you as my moot court partner. I need you.

You need me because you know I was damn good in there. Now you got to find

another partner quick.

Well, where are you going to find one that can jog five miles a day, work in a

library 14 hours a day?

You want me because you tortured me into being the best. I need you because I

respect you.

Now, I've done a lot of things wrong.

You've done a lot of things wrong.

But I come out of this whole thing respecting you.

Admiring you.

And thinking of you as a friend.

Friend.

Prisoner.

Slave.

Friend.

Why'd you force me to do all that work?

What why'd you threaten me? I haven't had a beer or a pizza for a week I said

I made mistakes damn it Bill

I

Wanted to win

I still do

Look, I'm going into the Judge Advocate General's Corps in the Army when I get

out of here.

I want to be in litigation.

If I win that moot court competition, I'll be a shoe-in for litigation.

For being a courtroom man.

Not locked behind some desk.

I owe the army seven years of my life when I get out of here.

I don't want to spend those seven years pushing papers.

I want to spend them arguing in court.

Well...

Who's going to buy the pizza and beer?

Before we get down to work.

The right of privacy.

How far does it extend?

Does the government have the right to inspect computer records?

In the case of contract company versus the United States, is it in our favor or

against us?

Judge Bowling holds that... Hart, what's the matter with you?

Judge Hexel decided the case.

It's crucial to our side of the argument. It supports us all the way.

Right, right.

Hart, you just don't have the spirit.

I mean, let's face it, your heart isn't in it. Bell and Livingston are going to

murder us. Don't you realize how good they were in the preliminary round?

So we lose. So what?

As Kingfield says, there are winners and there are losers.

I feel like I've lost already.

Hart, you're not in love with me.

So you keep telling me.

I don't want to hurt you, but this time I know that I'm right.

And if you do care about me the way that you say you do, you'll snap yourself out

of this.

I can't.

you but not that way but for a while i did feel that way and i kept thinking to

myself what a wonderful guy what a potentially fabulous lawyer and what a

reliable loving person and i started to think it through before i could go on

and we weren't that special to one another before we even found each other

irritating at times and all of a sudden we're in love we're spending all of our

time with each other heart Law school is doing something to our minds.

It was intense enough before moot court started.

And the extra level of intensity snapped you and me into another world. For a

while, I thought maybe I did love you.

And then I realized that one of us had to come back to reality.

Later.

No, now.

Maybe it would be better if I pretended that I was in love with you and then we

could stick together perfectly and win the finals.

But I'm too close to you to lie to you, and I have deep feelings for you, but I

am not in love with you.

And what you don't realize is that you're not in love with me.

And when this competition is over, you'll see me again as I really am, and

I'll see you too.

Every time you make a lovesick, silly, feel-sorry-for-yourself mistake, I'm

going to correct you.

Just like tomorrow, when Kingsfield's sitting up there to see you.

Kingsfield, your nemesis, your model, sitting up there with the famous members

of the alumni judging your work.

How do you think you're going to look?

Like a fool?

Like we never were a team?

And I carried you the whole way? Is that what you want?

Now, Hart, I've got a question for you. So think.

What is the correct citation in the Contact Corporation case?

Kingsfield's up there on that podium judging you.

Now, come on, you know what the answer is. It's 312 Federal... No, it's 314

Fed, sub 415 1978.

Court en banc, Third Circuit, opinion by Justice McNally. A reversal, final

appeal to the Supreme Court.

Opinion by Clark, holding favorable to RSI, contradicts the Samuels case.

More?

More. We only have six hours to practice.

And thus, distinguished opposing counsel, we rest our argument on three

major cases.

First, the case of Contact Corporation.

Second, the case of Morgan versus Poletti. And finally...

That decision which has stood the test of time, a decision from 1789, but still

the law of the land, the case of the United States versus Gregory Miller.

Irrelevant. When you consider the eight cases we cited to distinguish the

opposing counsel, consider them in detail.

Gentlemen and ladies, the allotted time for the moot card arguments has expired.

I thank Justice Morgan for such... Distinguished questions.

I wish also to thank Mr. Cornelius Clay, who took time away from his busy Wall

Street law practice to serve as one of the judges for the final moot court

round.

I must add one thing more.

All four participants performed with extreme intensity

and intelligence.

Mr. Livingston.

Mr. Bell, Mr. Logan, Mr. Hart, our compliments.

What is that supposed to mean? You're not working tonight.

Ernie, it was moot court. I mean, it messed up my mind. I've got to have the

night off.

How am I supposed to make a living with no waiter?

Ernie, we're going to drink so much beer and eat so much pizza, you're going to

come out a millionaire.

Well, tell me one thing, will you? What is moot court?

Something different for everybody, Ernie.

Now, I get to make the first toast. I made the biggest fool of myself. No, no,

no, no. You did not.

The first toast goes to the winners.

Livingston. Here, here.

doesn't become you livingston we won how would you like to jog five

miles in the morning well actually it was rather like a toss-up now let's have

a toast now to the best opponents anybody could have had logan and

You make me feel like I want to cry.

Excuse me, but I've got something that'll make you all want to cry.

Kingsfield's just assigned 200 new pages for the morning.

You've got to be kidding.

No.

Our tender! Our beer!

The first year's our hard years Much more than we know With

good friends to love us We'll be...