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RE: OT [dvd-discuss] Re: nimmer

There was a young law student named Rex,
who had very small organs of sex.
When charged with exposure,
he said with composure:
"de minimis non curat lex." 

(found on www.duhaime.org/jokes.htm -- this just reminded
me of it)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Zulauf [mailto:johnzu@ia.nsc.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2001 10:05 AM
> To: dvd-discuss@eon.law.harvard.edu
> Subject: Re: [dvd-discuss] Re: nimmer
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Seth David Schoen wrote:
> > 
> > Michael A Rolenz writes:
> > 
> > > I believe that unless the work is published
> > > commercially, the matter is beneath the recognition of 
> the court (what's
> > > the latin phrase?).
> > 
> > "De minimis"?
> > 
> 
> "De minimis non curat lex" == "trivialities are not the subject of the
> law"
> 
> which is a good thing given the federal case some parent want to make
> over a blow strike call in little league.
> 
> .002
>