First line contenders...

A few memorable first lines have popped up recently. PJ Stratton in 2/8 starts off this published opinion with: "In a case which seems destined for the pages of a civil procedure casebook ...." (And see commentary here.)

And in this unpub'd from Beds: "Every ruling a judge hands down makes someone unhappy.  This is a case in which the judge’s ruling made everyone unhappy."