now i remember what laura likes to do in legal memoranda!

string cites! parade of cases! just throw out a bunch of crap b/c you found it, but don't really go into it, just boil it all down to one sentence!

to be fair, i don't think there's much more that needs to be said since this is a yes/no question, but i'm pretty sure that my mentor is going to look at everything i've written and just scratch right thru it.

but in legal writing they always say that you should know your audience and write to them. in this case, my audience is one attorney who needs an answer and one very guilty conscience that needs to be appeased. i think the former is getting a lot of crap that's meant for the latter.