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Quotes About Case

Her words didn't resonate the way the truth does, but Myron didn't argue the point. He scanned his Client Wall and tried to bring his focus around to Lamar Richardson's visit. "So the case is closed." She smiled. "Like legs in a nunnery.
~ Harlan Coben
In Chicago, the appetite for every juicy tidbit about the case was fed by the yellow papers, which—when no actual news was available—cheerfully dished out wild rumor, lurid gossip, and even rank fabrication.
~ Harold Schechter
There had, of course, been notorious murders in Indiana before. Perhaps the most sensational was the 1895 case of Reverend William E. Hinshaw. A much-admired figure in the village of Belleville, Hinshaw was accused of killing his wife, Thirza—who had discovered his affair
~ Harold Schechter
She was born in the Objective case.
~ Harper Lee
simply by the nature of the work, every lawyer gets at least one case in his lifetime that affects him personally. This one's mine, I guess.
~ Harper Lee
Well, said Miss Stephanie, I thought I might just look in at the courthouse , to see what Atticus's up to. Better be careful he doesn't hand you a subpoena. We asked Miss Maudie to elucidate: she said Miss Stephanie seemed to know so much about the case she might as well be called on to testify.
~ Harper Lee
I doubt if we'd ever get a complete case tried—the ladies'd be interrupting to ask questions.
~ Harper Lee
The wound is minor, little more than a nick, but it's dribbling like a Bourbon Street hooker with a month-old case of gonorrhea.
~ Harry Hunsicker
I am not opposed to the limited use of polygraphs in a case where a person is suspected of wrongdoing. But widespread use of the polygraph as a screening tool goes far beyond what is acceptable.
~ Jeff Bingaman
Sometimes what we call tragedy, at least in the theater, are really case histories. They're based on the central figure, and things happen to that person, and they're called tragedy because they're extremely sad. But tragedy always has a glorious thing happen at the end of it. That's what the catharsis is.
~ Derek Walcott
Modern slavery is a barbaric crime. Each and every case is a both a tragedy and an affront to our values of decency and kindness.
~ Amber Rudd
As the cost of renewables plummets, the clean energy transition is increasingly driven by the business case.
~ Barry Gardiner
A Lawyer will do anything to win a case, sometimes he will even tell the truth.
~ Patrick Murray
The enemies of intellectual liberty always try to present their case as a plea for discipline versus individualism. The issue truth-versus-untruth is as far as possible kept in the background.
~ George Orwell
It's been very interesting. We've seen a lot of interesting testimony. We've seen a lot of interesting people, a lot of allegations, a lot of lies, a lot of misinformation and some truth.
~ Kenneth Lay
That's a big trunk, James said, as we jammed in the leathery old case that looked so much like the black heart of some leviathan. It fits a tuba, three suitcases, a dead dog, and a garment bag almost perfectly. That's just what they used to say in the ads, I said...
~ Michael Chabon
Reasonable Doubt for a Reasonable Fee. Call the Lincoln Lawyer. Bosch
~ Michael Connelly
He looked at the old case file he had pulled and still held in his hand. He put the phone down on the coffee table and leaned back on the couch and opened the file.
~ Michael Connelly
neutralizer. My job is to neutralize the state's case. Take each piece of evidence or proof and find a way to eliminate it from contention.
~ Michael Connelly
The media is going to be hovering over this case like the helicopters that followed O.J. down the freeway.
~ Michael Connelly
The excitement and adrenaline that accompany a new case caused a false high that always wore off quickly.
~ Michael Connelly
Little did they know that the case would hold media interest for just one day. The next night, the ex-wife of football great and not-so-great actor O. J. Simpson would be found murdered along with an acquaintance in Brentwood, and that would suck all media attention away from the Pearlman case as well as everything else in the city.
~ Michael Connelly
There's a black leather glove under the case. I don't know if it's a match but it is a glove." Bosch got down on his hands and knees so he could look underneath the display case. He reached under and pulled out the glove. "Looks the same," he said. "If it does not fit, you must acquit," said Edgar. Bosch looked at him. "Johnnie Cochran
~ Michael Connelly
BMW electrics that were used by the forensics teams. The department had bought a fleet of them for use by detectives, but the sixty-mile range per battery charge limited their usefulness when detectives needed to go farther while riding the momentum of a case. The advertised range also dropped considerably in freeway driving, and it was a rare thing to conduct an investigation in L.A. without driving on a freeway.
~ Michael Connelly