Greenman blogs on the district court judge from Pennsylvania who issued a ruling that basically copied a brief submitted by the winning side.



Two side points:



1) I've had an associate state judge or two ask me to write up the order on a motion I've won and submit it for approval. But of course, they have a ton of cases and no law clerks to write out their opinions for them like most district court judges.



2) Somewhere in Pennsylvania, I'll bet a law clerk just got fired.