Judge awards legal fees to Jupiter man involved in flag flap

TC Palm ^ | December 3, 2006 | MICHELLE SHELDONE

[managusta]

Listen up Florida Homeowners Associations.

[EveningStar]

I thought a person from Jupiter was called a Jovian.

[kinoxi]

Jupiter island sounds nice right about now.

[NicknamedBob]

What does the flag of Jupiter look like?

[doug from upland]

I interviewed Andres a few years ago on Rightalk radio. This is good news.

[Ken522]

The islamists will have a field day with this one, some day.

[WardMClark]

What does the flag of Jupiter look like?

Big. Really big. With lost of stripes and a Big Red Spot.

[Arkinsaw]

Good, these fake local governments that are set up to be outside the constitutional restrictions we place on governments are finally getting controlled.

[BenLurkin]

Wouldn't twice pro bono equal ZERO?

[NicknamedBob]

"What does the flag of Jupiter look like?"

Big. Really big. With lots of stripes and a Big Red Spot.


You know you're a "Red-Spotter" when:

You don't have any trouble packing enough minutes into a twelve-hour day.

You look up at Earth's moon and say, "Which one is that?"

You always remember to anchor your car to keep the wind from blowing it away.

Someone says they feel like they weigh a ton, and you look to see if it's one of your relatives.

[bill1952]

Where is the term pro bono used?

[Suzy Quzy]

Homeowners Associations are the new Nazis!! Most are AWFUL!

[CrazyIvan]

One of our national icons is a photograph/statue of five Marines raising a flag against all odds on a little island called Iwo Jima. Now this Marine needs professional legal defense to fly one at his own residence. How pathetic a nation we have become.

[NicknamedBob]

"Where is the term pro bono used?"

Third paragraph.

[BlazingArizona]

And when you win your court case, you can jump forty feet in the air because of Earth's much lower gravity.

[NicknamedBob]

I guess he'd have reason to be Jovial.

[getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL]

You've been there?

Mr. Andres' house isn't on the island.

[kinoxi]

I've been there, a few times.

[69ConvertibleFirebird]

$126,225 — twice his regular fees.

Lawyer scum.

Nobody reasonably bills $63,112.50 to fight a simple flag flying case. I'm not a lawyer (THANK GOD!!!) but have taken things like this to court myself, pro se, and there is NO WAY, that this lawyer had to put over five WEEKS (at $300/hour) of time into this case. I had to figure out where/how to look up case law, write the memorandum of law, argue it in court, etc. I didn't even take more than five weeks.

[getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL]

We moved from Jupiter a few years ago.