Hello everyone and welcome back to the Roboto podcast where we break down case law, comedy,

and of course chaos in the legal field. I am your host, Rev Maisel, after a bit of a break

from doing this. Life got crazy. The world has been crazy, is crazy, will be crazy.

I am here and back to talk about a case that is, as you will note, completely totally unrelated

to current events. Wink, wink, nudge, nudge, smile, smile. Not at the camera and wave even.

Okay? Obviously during that short hiatus, I was not getting my roots done. I don't want to hear it.

My appointment is this week. Okay? If you're watching on my roots done. I don't want to hear it. My appointment is this

week. Okay? If you're watching on YouTube, listen, what do you want a girl that do? All right? Get her hair

done. I get it. Okay. I see them. I see it. I see what you see. This is the case of Novak versus

City of Parma, Ohio, a 22 decision by the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

The opinion that the Sixth Circuit entered in this case was appealed. A writ of certiorari was

submitted to the Supreme Court. And through that petition, the onion, yes, the satirical newspaper, submitted an amicus

curie brief in support of the appellant. Now, if you don't know what an amicus curate brief is,

this is basically the layman term, the layman definition, I would say, for it that I'm going to give you.

It could be in a civil case, criminal case, whatever.

Most commonly, amicus curate briefs, at least the most notable ones that people really are

drawn to are ones that are submitted in the Supreme Court, but they can be submitted with

leave.

I believe, I don't believe, I know, in the Court of Appeals.

I've written one, a few before,

in state court of appeal or in federal court of appeals. Amicus Curie briefs are basically

the equivalent of if you're in a fight with someone else, okay, Reb versus Maisel, and Reb has a friend

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