Cartoon brief does not carry the day but fires the imagination

Attorney Bob Kohn wanted to file a 55 page amicus brief in the case of USA v. Apple, Inc., in the Southern District of New York. He was opposed to the government's proposed antitrust settlement with three publishers of e-books. U.S. District Court Judge Denise Cote limited him to five.

Mr. Kohn came up with a creative way of making his point in those five pages; he made his point in comic book form. (Debra Cassens Weiss provides additional background in a post on ABA Journal Law News Now.)

While Lowering the Bar may go too far in suggesting that All Briefs Should Now Be in Comic Book Form, I suspect this brief brief may inspire some imitators.*

Here are the actual cartoon pages (click to enlarge any page; if this proves insufficient, the entire brief, with appropriate table of authorities, may be found can be accessed by clicking here):

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* Note to would-be imitators: According to the ABA site, Judge Cote rejected Mr. Kohn's arguments and approved the proposed settlement. My thanks to Lynn Dowd for sending me the brief.