–From Tanya Stankunas, Harvard Law School, Date of event: Fall 2002
We were studying Civil Procedure with the irascible Professor Arthur Miller, and discussing counterclaims and crossclaims. We’re deep in the intricacies of compulsory and permissive counterclaims, when a student poses the question: “Can you do a permissive counterclaim, to the compulsory counterclaim, to the crossclaim?”
Miller’s response: “I love it when you talk dirty …”