Appellate Practice
Feb. 4, 2020
Length matters
Last month’s column ended with an aphorism from Honest Abe about catching flies with honey. (But who wants to catch flies anyway?) This month we’ll start with Lincoln’s famous quip about length, which colloquially runs like this: How long should a man’s legs be? Long enough to reach the ground.
Benjamin G. Shatz
Partner
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP
Appellate Law (Certified), Litigation
Email: bshatz@manatt.com
Benjamin is a certified specialist in appellate law who co-chairs the Appellate Practice Group at Manatt in the firm's Los Angeles office. Exceptionally Appealing appears the first Tuesday of the month.
Last month's column ended with an aphorism from Honest Abe about catching flies with honey. (But who wants to catch flies anyway?) This month we'll start with Lincoln's famous quip about length, which colloquially runs like this: How long should a man's legs be? Long enough to reach the ground.
Reputedly, the full question was "How long should a man's legs be in proportion to his body?" To which the gan...
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