This week is the last sitting of the year for the Second Circuit. No habeas cases are scheduled to be heard this week.*
*Actually, I noted in last week's preview that those two cases were the last habeas cases of the year. So this preview is a little redundant. But since the court was sitting, I felt a post was necessary.
With the awards season gearing up, I thought I'd do a little research into how often Oscars have been given out to legal movies. The answer -- not very often. In fact, I was only able to find two legal movies to ever win the Oscar: Chicago in 2002 and Kramer vs. Kramer in 1979. Granted, I haven't seen all of the Best Picture winners. But I did look at the list plus their descriptions and these were the only ones I found.*
*I am excluding crime movies from the category of legal movies. There have been several of those that won, including probably my favorite movie of all time (Silence of the Lambs). But they really belong in a separate category than legal movies. The same thing can be said about Westerns -- some legal aspects, but really a separate category.
While I am typically pretty hard on legal movies around here, I have to admit that I found this pretty surprising. But I was happy to be reminded of Kramer vs. Kramer. That's a great movie. I have included a courtroom clip below. Enjoy:
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