July 29, 2011 3:01PM # ‘Madder Than Mosquitoes In a Mannequin Factory’ By [Walter Olson](https://www.cato.org/people/walter-olson) --- SHARE Just for fun, and because it’s a summer Friday afternoon, here’s the text of a court order handed down July 19 by Kentucky judge Martin Sheehan in the case of *Kissel v. Schwartz & Maines & Ruby Co.* ([ScribD](http://www.scribd.com/doc/61215396/kissel), h/​t [Nicole Black](http://nylawblog.typepad.com/legalantics/2011/07/this-judge-is-not-a-happy-camper.html) and [Daniel Schwartz](http://twitter.com/danielschwartz)): > **ORDER**…the parties having informed the Court that the herein matter has been settled amicably and that there is no need for a Court ruling on the remaining motions and also that there is no need for a trial; > > > And such news of an amicable settlement having made this Court happier than a tick on a fat dog because it is otherwise busier than a one legged cat in a sand box and, quite frankly, would have rather jumped off of a twelve foot step ladder into a five gallon bucket of porcupines than have presided over a two week trial of the herein dispute, a trial which, no doubt, would have made the jury more confused than a hungry baby in a topless bar and made the parties and their attorneys madder than mosquitoes in a mannequin factory; > > > IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED AND ADJUDGED by the court as follows: > > > 1) The jury trial scheduled herein for July 13, 2011 is hereby CANCELED… If you’re curious to know more about Judge Sheehan, a quick Google search indicates that he’s a judge who’s thrown out a lawyer’s libel suit against a critic (a prosecutor!) on the ground that it was [constitutionally protected opinion](http://jonathanturley.org/2011/01/11/court-dismisses-defamation-lawsuit-by-lawyer-against-prosecutor/); that he’s adopted [civility rules](http://news.lawreader.com/?p=3426) to keep lawyers from beating up each other and each others’ clients over much in his courtroom; and that he [struck down as unconstitutional](http://news.lawreader.com/?p=1039) an overreaching state law that retroactively sought to restrict where past sex offenders could live. Better and better.… ##### Related Tags [Constitutional Law](https://www.cato.org/constitutional-law), [Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies](https://www.cato.org/robert-levy-center-constitutional-studies) [![Creative Commons License](/build/cato_2020/images/creative-commons.svg)](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) This work is licensed under a [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/).