WSU/OSU response to UW motion to dismiss was filed last Friday

“a transparent ploy to attempt to avoid discovery.”


This was always going to happen. They KNOW the quantity and "quality" of the correspondence, etc., to be uncovered during discovery will be devastating to their case(s).

Still working my way through this.  One line jumped out at me as something new and of interest:

Pg 14 line 5

"Moreover, preliminary discovery has confirmed that the departing schools coordinated with the Conference on which arguments the Conference should make in opposing the Plantiffs' application for a TRO."

Thought about catching it yesterday but the 3 1/2 hour run time caused me rethink that idea.   Looking forward to it though.   did it FEEL too long?

Great film in my opinion. Didn't feel too long at all, but my legs were a little stiff after sitting that long. Scorsese, DiCaprio, and Eric Roth decided to deviate from the source material which was more of a crime procedural. Instead they focused on the relationship between Mollie and Ernest Burkhart; and the devious Uncle (DeNiro).

I plan on reading the book and also reading "A Pipe for February" written by a member of the Osage Nation.


“A Pipe for February is an extraordinary novel: evocative, riveting, moving. Charles Red Corn illuminates what the Osage people went through during the 1920s, when oil profits had made them fabulously wealthy and when they began to die under mysterious circumstances—systematically targeted for their money. This novel, exquisitely written and filled with revelations, will hold you in its grip and never let you go.”—David Grann, author of New York Times Best Seller Killers of the Flower Moon



At the turn of the twentieth century, the Osage Indians owned Oklahoma’s most valuable oil reserves and became members of the world’s first wealthy oil population. Osage children and grandchildren continued to respect the old customs and ways, but now they also had lives of leisure: purchasing large homes, expensive cars, eating in fancy restaurants, and traveling to faraway places. In the 1920s, they also found themselves immersed in a series of murders. Charles H. Red Corn sets A Pipe for February against this turbulent, exhilarating background.



Tracing the experiences of John Grayeagle, the story’s main character, Red Corn describes the Osage murders from the perspective of a traditional Osage. Other books on the notorious crimes have focused on the greed of government officials and businessmen to increase their oil wealth. Red Corn focuses on the character of the Osage people, drawing on his own experiences and insights as a member of the Osage Nation.

Dang, I had no interest in this previously, but now I'm going to watch it.

Given a fair hearing, our case looks even stronger now than it did going into the TRO hearing.  The quantity and quality of evidence, and directly pertinent precedential rulings, which bolster our side of the argument, woven into this oppositon brief will be difficult to impossible for the dearly departed to counter.  The groundwork to effectively dismiss the joinder and jurisdiction issue also says we are on solid legal ground with case law on our side. 

Well you got a point, I mean what's a good legal battle without some plot twists and turns. But I like the cards we have versus theirs.