JUDGE: When can I expect something like that?
BOUCHER: Two weeks?
JUDGE: Okay July 30th 8:30 AM
(It hasn’t been turned in yet as of September 20, 2007¬.)
BOUCHER: Miani is an order priest so that case will go forward with a trial date in September.
(Now set for trial November 5.)
JUDGE: The Court will set a trial setting conference for the remaining cases. Probably early in August cases with remaining defendants -- those cases still in discovery will meet to establish that they are released.
. . . .
FROMHOLZ: Vetter case re Passionists also has to . . .
(Sorry didn't get that)
JUDGE: These cases have been pending and actively litigated for at least 3 years. They're immensely complicated. Each has its own set of facts and painful history, the facts are extremely complicated. Discovery has been arduous, legal issues have been complicated.
JUDGE: There’s been a constant stream of motions presented to this court in areas that are out on the fringes of established law.
J: We became aware there are evidentiary issues that are myriad and complex and probably would have provided a bases for anyone who wished to do so to appeal.
J: So for those reasons and to avoid pain and anguish on the part of everyone this is the right thing to do. Settling is the right thing to do. Unlike what it says in the newspaper I don't decide whether to approve or disapprove a settlement.
J: Let me commend liaison counsel -- they did what lawyers are supposed to do which sometimes can appear to be contradictory but they advocated their clients’ cause with zeal.
At the same time in recent days as they sought to settle the cases, they did everything they could to make these cases run efficiently
BOUCHER: Two weeks?
JUDGE: Okay July 30th 8:30 AM
(It hasn’t been turned in yet as of September 20, 2007¬.)
(Now set for trial November 5.)
JUDGE: The Court will set a trial setting conference for the remaining cases. Probably early in August cases with remaining defendants -- those cases still in discovery will meet to establish that they are released.
. . . .
FROMHOLZ: Vetter case re Passionists also has to . . .
(Sorry didn't get that)
JUDGE: These cases have been pending and actively litigated for at least 3 years. They're immensely complicated. Each has its own set of facts and painful history, the facts are extremely complicated. Discovery has been arduous, legal issues have been complicated.
JUDGE: There’s been a constant stream of motions presented to this court in areas that are out on the fringes of established law.
J: We became aware there are evidentiary issues that are myriad and complex and probably would have provided a bases for anyone who wished to do so to appeal.
J: So for those reasons and to avoid pain and anguish on the part of everyone this is the right thing to do. Settling is the right thing to do. Unlike what it says in the newspaper I don't decide whether to approve or disapprove a settlement.
J: Let me commend liaison counsel -- they did what lawyers are supposed to do which sometimes can appear to be contradictory but they advocated their clients’ cause with zeal.
At the same time in recent days as they sought to settle the cases, they did everything they could to make these cases run efficiently
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