That was my favorite bit of case law during my MBA program.
That convoluted thinking made me glad I chose business school over law school. To this day, I cannot have a reasoned argument with the lawyers in my family or my lawyer friends. Every damned one of the suborns logic to “precedent”.
Basically, the retarded kid turns in his test first, and from that point on, 1+1=7.
Go figure.
bump .... stealing that example for use in later debates. :)