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  • Creative Judge Inspired by 'Mister Ed'(Insert Lurch Joke Here)

    09/24/2004 10:23:27 AM PDT · by Area Freeper · 12 replies · 583+ views
    Associated Press ^ | Friday, September 24, 2004
    A judge who disagreed with his colleagues on the Pennsylvania state Supreme Court was inspired to write his dissent in verse – to the theme song of "Mister Ed." Justice Michael Eakin (search), who is fond of writing rhyming opinions, didn't agree when his fellow justices ruled that a drunken driving law can't be enforced against people on horseback. Keith Travis, 41, and Richard Noel, 49, were riding horses when they were charged with drunken driving, as was a man in a pickup truck who allegedly rear-ended the horse Travis was riding. All three men failed field sobriety tests, police...