BIG BOOK OF BANKRUPTCY FUNNIES
Los Angeles Federal Savings Quarterly.
The article quotes excerpts of witness
statements. For example, “Coming
home, I drove into the wrong house
and collided with a tree I don’t have.” (I
found no evidence that this compelling
publication is still in circulation. Perhaps
the publisher changed the name.)
Since Judge Ashland sat in a Los
Angeles courtroom, I was surprised that
the Big Book of Bankruptcy Funnies
did not include any references to
California’s Maxims of Jurisprudence. I
like to sneak these into every important
brief. See, California Civil Code §3526
(“No man is responsible for that which
no man can control.”); §3529 (“That
which ought to have been done is
to be regarded as done, in favor of
him to whom, and against him from
whom, performance is due.”); §3533
(“The law disregards trifles.”); §3535
(“Contemporaneous exposition is in
general the best.”); §3537 (“Superfluity
does not vitiate.”); §3547 (“A thing
continues to exist as long as is usual
with things of that nature.”); and, my
favorite, §3548 (“The law has been
obeyed.”).
He died in 1997, at the age of 64.
See, Myrna Oliver, “Calvin Ashland;
Bankruptcy Court Judge,” Los Angeles
Times, April 16, 1997, available HERE.
As Paul Shankman summed it up, “Cal
taught me to never lose my humanity,
caring, patience, and compassion. I will
always miss Cal greatly as a mentor,
colleague, and friend.”
So stipulated.
Judge Ashland was a great man.
When you have to be right.
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