The question before the Supreme Court at oral argument Tuesday: How important is the right of paying defendants to be represented by the lawyer of their choice? Quite important, bordering on fundamental, seemed to be the answer of most justices, ranging from Antonin Scalia to David Souter. The Court took a rare excursion into examining the merits and foibles of the legal profession in the lively argument -- during which Scalia invoked both the 1992 movie "My Cousin Vinny" and the "Twinkie defense."
April 19, 2006 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
It is not often that the movie “My Cousin Vinny” — or any movie, for that matter — is invoked during a Supreme Court argument.
But on Tuesday, the 1992 movie about a personal injury lawyer from Brooklyn who represents a relative in a murder trial in Alabama seemed right on point.
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