Doh! Double Doh!

Anonymous said:

Jason, Please see California v. City of New Orleans case (Court of Appeal, 1st Circuit 1952)
In this case the City takes the position that Wisner is private. I am confused... 

I remember hearing Lund refer to this case in the hearing but I wasn't sure what it was about...or maybe I just wasn't paying close enough attention and I was thinking about where I was going for lunch.  Yeah...I was probably thinking about lunch....anyway...here is the case:

California v. City of New Orleans

I bet I know what question is burning in your skull right now....."I wonder what he had for lunch?"

I had the Cuban Cadillac at the Rouse's CBD.  And yes, I burped it up all the way through the remainder of the hearing.  A bad call in hindsight but man that is one rockin'-good sandwich. Rouses ain't afraid to pile the protein on, brutha.

But, personally, I don't think they have a great beverage choice.

I bought that Kombucha crap thinking it was some sort of simple, flavored tea with a funky, "new age" name....sweet Buddha, was I shocked when I took that first swig.  I went ahead and drank the whole damn bottle, minus that stuff at the bottom that looked eerily similar to the same stuff that was growing in the corner of the shower of my frat house back in college.  Where I grew up, I was always taught you had to take your medicine and clean your plate or ass-whuppins' would ensue but I think I'd rather take the ass-whuppin' than drink whatever that schmeg was in the bottom of that bottle.
      
You should read that whole case.  It's actually not the whole case, it's just a section of the case and it's not that long.  It's interesting because in this 1954 lawsuit the City basically argues not only that the Wisner Trust is private, it also repeatedly acknowledges that it must act with the consent of the Advisory Committee.  The exact two things they were arguing against in this 2013 hearing.  

I need to pay closer attention to these court room dramas but I get so easily distracted by trivial matters.  I suppose that's why I never made it to law school.  Hell, apparently I can't even be bothered to read the labels on tea bottles....hence the title of this post is apt for both the City and me.

Oh...on another note, I'm now curious about how the City of New Orleans acquired 5000 shares in the United Fruit Company and what in Billy Hell the "Institute of Mental Hygiene" was.  I'm thinking we may need to open that department back up if it actually lived up to its namesake, eh?  

You know, that Kombucha stuff is made and bottled in California....I wonder if we could sue them back for that?

UPDATE:  As I have been made aware of on Facebook, The Institute of Mental Hygiene is still in existence....fascinating.