InAlienable (2007)
Judy Levitt: Judge Deville
Quotes
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Judge Deville : I have a writ of habeas corpus. Who speaks for the petitioner?
Howard Ellis : Howard Ellis, your Honor, for the petitioner.
Judge Deville : Jesus. And who speaks for the respondant?
Attorney Barry : Victoria Barry, Deputy Attorney General on behalf of the United States. Your Honor, the government objects to this entire proceeding and moves that this petition be dismissed.
Judge Deville : On what grounds?
Attorney Barry : The court lacks jurisdiction.
Judge Deville : Why is that?
Attorney Barry : The petitioner is an alien, your Honor.
Judge Deville : I know that.
Attorney Barry : From another planet.
Judge Deville : They usually are.
Howard Ellis : Not from another planet, your Honor: the child was born here!
Judge Deville : I know that!
Howard Ellis : To a human father.
Attorney Barry : We don't know that!
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[Shilling is on the witness stand]
Shilling : Dr. Norris lost his wife and son in an automobile accident eight years ago. He's never been able to let that go.
Attorney Barry : In what way, sir?
Shilling : He's a sullen, detached man, with very few friends.
Howard Ellis : Objection, your Honor!
Judge Deville : Overrruled.
Attorney Barry : And yet you've kept him on all these years. Why is that?
Shilling : Well, actually, those are probably good qualities to have in a research scientist.