Before the pair fled in his car, Mr. Jenoff delivered a final blow, lawyers for both men said.
The day after the Florida Supreme Court ruled that the manual recounts must be included in Florida's final totals, lawyers Mr. Bush appealed the ruling to the United States Supreme Court, arguing that the state court had overstepped its powers and effectively rewrote state election law, violating the separation of the judicial and legislative branches.
With only 30 minutes to make their final case, lawyers for Vice President Al Gore returned today to the Florida Supreme Court to plead his contest of the state's presidential election, but encountered repeated skepticism from several justices about whether the court should get involved at all.
In the final appeal, the lawyers claimed both the high court decision to throw out the appeal and the mental evaluation were improper.
The Delaware court will ultimately decide on the final amount of lawyers' fees, but the defendants have agreed not to oppose a fee award that does not exceed $22.3 million, plus $200,000 in expenses.
Mr. Barroso's intervention is not the final word and lawyers may take a different view if Scotland votes for independence and manages to agree to an amicable divorce with the rest of Britain.
But if the referral is refused and the chamber decision becomes final, Abu Qatada's lawyers will shift their attention to the domestic courts - starting with Siac, the Special Immigration Appeals Commission.
So in the final edits the lawyers were all over me; it was the first time in my career I have ever had to take mandatory edits from the studio.
In the latest round of the legal dispute over Richard III's final resting place, lawyers for the justice secretary, Leicester University and Leicester council have clashed with those representing the Plantagenet Alliance.
Scotland Yard has declined to comment, saying it will not provide a "running commentary" on the inquiry This week, Mr and Mrs McCann will also hear final speeches from lawyers involved in a £1million libel action brought by the couple against former Portuguese Mr Amaral over claims he made in his 2008 book The Truth Of The Lie.
