Literary first line

Here's a great opening to a published opinion from 2/6 yesterday (Yegan, J.):

Old age! As John Steinbeck would say, “bastard Time” is always ticking. (Steinbeck, Sweet Thursday (1954) Penguin Books, p. 19.) And for some people, as it ticks, the person may mature, learn, and grow, and perhaps grow out of sexual deviancy.

See also: DC Circuit Shuns 'Garamond,' Setting Lawyers Abuzz Over Favorite Fonts -- The appeals court issued a notice titled "Preferred Typefaces for Briefs" that essentially declared—but did not mandate—Garamond a dead letter. (Rule and guidance here.)

[3/18 update: see DC Circuit's Dumping on 'Garamond' Divides Lawyers]

Also: the March 2021 issue of Litigation Update is available here.

And an interesting appealability case is here.