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Prestigious law firm sues burger joint over smell
Washington Examiner ^ | October 14, 2010 | Emily Babay

Posted on 10/14/2010 6:32:57 PM PDT by gusopol3

It's a classic David and Goliath story: A white-shoe law firm staffed with hundreds of D.C.'s most-powerful lawyers has moved to shutter a hamburger eatery on the grounds that the lawyers didn't like the aroma of cooking meat wafting into their offices.

So far, Goliath is winning.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...


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Somebody's blowing smoke back at the lawyers and they're whining about it.
1 posted on 10/14/2010 6:33:00 PM PDT by gusopol3
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To: gusopol3

Burgers smell better than lawyers.


2 posted on 10/14/2010 6:34:43 PM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER (Celebrate: Republicans freed the slaves Month.)
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To: gusopol3

I’m hoping the lawyers lose, and they’re all vegans.


3 posted on 10/14/2010 6:37:58 PM PDT by bigbob
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To: gusopol3

Why didn’t the prestigious b@st@rds offer to buy the ‘burger joint out?


4 posted on 10/14/2010 6:39:23 PM PDT by RobinOfKingston
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To: RobinOfKingston

What if I blast smoke at your house all day? Would you buy me out?


5 posted on 10/14/2010 6:40:42 PM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: gusopol3

Which was there first?

I can see a law firm moving in then bitching about it.


6 posted on 10/14/2010 6:40:46 PM PDT by Keith in Iowa (FR Class of 1998 | TV News is an oxymoron. | MSNBC = Moonbats Spouting Nothing But Crap.)
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To: gusopol3

That actually happened at my office. And whenever the company President called and complained, they seemed to turn up the smoke. After a while it was kind of annoying. Oh, they went out of business two weeks ago.


7 posted on 10/14/2010 6:42:27 PM PDT by cyclotic (Boy Scouts-Developing Leaders in a World of Followers.)
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To: gusopol3

If it was a Five Guys, it’s war! The Red Robin and Applebee’s smell pretty greasy from about a mile away on Friday and Saturday nights so I can see what the lawyers’ gripes are—but they shouldn’t have the power to shut down legally operating businesses.


8 posted on 10/14/2010 6:42:33 PM PDT by mikey_hates_everything
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To: gusopol3

Its not a funny matter.

first, it is obvious collusion between members of the legal profession, and second this is a slippery slope that will allow any law firm to sue in any number of cases on point.

How would you, as any business owner, like to buy written permission from every lawyer who happens to start a business around you?

I can’t STAND lawyers - most of them should simply be run out of town or see the bitter end of a rope.


9 posted on 10/14/2010 6:43:49 PM PDT by bill1952 (Choice is an illusion created between those with power - and those without)
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To: bill1952

A lawyer in Wilmington sued the owner of the land next door because he constructed a house that could be seen from the lawyer’s house.


10 posted on 10/14/2010 6:49:46 PM PDT by gusopol3
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To: bill1952
Except in this case, the restaurant owner is being sued by the lawfirm (which is a tenant of property A), sued by the property-management company of property A, in violation of citations issued by the city, and apparently being sued by property-management company B (where the restaurant is located) in order to break the lease (because of the violations).

In other words, the David vs. Goliath thing might play well on Oprah.

11 posted on 10/14/2010 6:49:52 PM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: gusopol3

Lawyers prefer the smell of blood to cooked meat. Especially the smell of blood wafting out of the back of speeding ambulances.


12 posted on 10/14/2010 6:50:59 PM PDT by WorkingClassFilth
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To: gusopol3

Layers make excellent little Hitlers.


13 posted on 10/14/2010 6:51:10 PM PDT by Colvin (Proud Owner '66 Binder PU, '66 Binder Travelall,)
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To: 1rudeboy; RobinOfKingston
What if I blast smoke at your house all day? Would you buy me out?

One: It isn't a house it is a law firm. Two: Who was there first? The scumbag lawyers(they are all scumbags in my book, right below politicians) or the burger joint?

14 posted on 10/14/2010 6:51:52 PM PDT by calex59
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To: 1rudeboy

If you “blasted smoke” at me, I’d sue you. If you were running a legitimate eatery, I’d live with it ... or buy you out. Might even buy a burger from you now and then.


15 posted on 10/14/2010 6:52:05 PM PDT by RobinOfKingston
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To: gusopol3

OK, so the burger joint loses. They’re gone.

Next, some muslims move in. Starts cooking whatever crap muslims cook.

NOW lets see what them lawyers do!


16 posted on 10/14/2010 6:53:17 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (Yes, as a matter of fact, what you do in your bedroom IS my business.)
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To: 1rudeboy

sued by the property-management company of property A, in violation of citations issued by the city, and apparently being sued by property-management company B (where the restaurant is located) in order to break the lease (because of the violations)...

Which have no bearing on this filing.


17 posted on 10/14/2010 6:55:52 PM PDT by bill1952 (Choice is an illusion created between those with power - and those without)
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To: gusopol3

This is a hate crime against burger flippers. Class warfare too.


18 posted on 10/14/2010 6:59:28 PM PDT by Zuben Elgenubi
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To: bigbob

You said it!! MMMMMM Grilled Burgers and Grilled Onions two of the best smells around........


19 posted on 10/14/2010 6:59:52 PM PDT by jakerobins
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To: bill1952
Which have no bearing on this filing. Except for actually being in the filing. Where else did you think I got the information?
20 posted on 10/14/2010 7:09:34 PM PDT by 1rudeboy
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