07-15-2009, 09:34 AM
ham Wrote:I struggle to see what Churchill exactly won.
Churchill lost the administrative hearing before the university, but won at trial. I believe the latter is what Dennis was referring to when he said Churchill won.
But then the judge entered judgment nov, so he ultimately lost. Although he may eventually win again on appeal. Or not.
I thought JNOV was something from the common law, but apparently it's a "practice in American courts," according to the Wiki Wankers. So youse Canadian guys might not have run into it before.
What does seem clear is that the trial judge really didn't much like Churchill, which is understandable. If on December 8, 1941 somebody had said that the people who died at Pearl Harbor had it coming, losing his job would have been the least of his worries. Common sense eventually prevailed even if the jury didn't get it.
There's free speech and then there's yelling "fire" in a crowded theater. I don't know where the line is exactly, but clearly (to me, and apparently, to the judge too) this Churchill asshole crossed it.