Bear with me; this is funny.

In the case Wendt v. Host International, Inc., 197 F.3d 1284 (9th Cir. 1999), the actors who had played Norm and Cliff in the show “Cheers” sued to prevent portrayal of their characters in animatronic robots. Judge Kozinski wrote a dissent of more than five pages to an order denying a rehearing en banc (for you non-legal types, this is not far from the legal equivalent of trapping mice with hand grenades). His dissent (which I agree with) begins with the brilliant sentence, “Robots again.” It ends with the following: “As I noted in White [v. Samsung Electronics of America, Inc.] . . . . It is ironic that it is we who plant this kudzu in the fertile soil of our federal system. We pass up yet another opportunity to root out this weed. Instead, we feed it Miracle-Gro. I dissent.” Id. at 1289 (internal quotes and citations omitted). Now, that’s how you write a dissent.

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