The 26-year-old claims Nike should have put a label in his shoe warning him that they could be used as a dangerous weapon, and has asked a judge to order Nike to attach warning labels to all their "potentially dangerous Nike and Jordan merchandise".
The judge systematically denied defense motions to attach documentary evidence, examine witnesses and hear expert testimony.
The judge ordered Jefferson County's sheriff to "attach the property, real, personal and mixed, of the defendant, wherever it may be in Jefferson County".
In deciding what constitutional importance to attach to the rates, Judge Scheindlin may be forced to rely more on instinct than legal precedent, of which there is little.
Remember to attach your leash!
"You've got to be able to judge talent, then attach the numbers to that talent, make decisions and make trades.
A prime example of the moral and emotional burden that many judges attach to their role is the down-to-the-wire deliberations of the 1983 Booker panel.
A judge can attach any conditions the court believes necessary to prevent a forced marriage, including requiring passports to be relinquished.
There are currently nine active judges, six judges in senior status, and seven magistrate judges attached to the court.
According to Mel Southard, the chairman of the state commission, none of the judges are attached to the International Boxing Federation, whose president, Robert W. Lee, is now on trial in Newark on federal charges of bribery and racketeering.
