The story of the king of the night Game of Thrones burned by a federal judge

The notice of a Federal Court of Appeal on Lindie Banks v. The United States of America Northern Trust Corp. is – as one might expect from a case alleging breaches of fiduciary duties – full of references to irrevocable assets, investments and trusts. Naturally, Game of Thrones' Night King also makes a demonstration.

In Judge John B. Owens' July 5 opinion, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals will not rule out a previous legal precedent "the way Game of Thrones made the whole story of Night King empty of meaning. "

"Good God, now I'm going to have to watch Game of Thrones just to be able to do my research, thanks for nothing, ninth circuit," Ann Lipton, Professor of Business and Safety at Tulane Law School, tweeted the same day. notice has been filed.

For those who have not watched the last season of the HBO hit, Arya Stark dropped the king of the night with a blade in the middle half of the last season. Miffed fans complained that White Walker's threat was created too long and too long in the series to end everything without ceremony.

Owens mentions the Supreme Leader of the White Walkers in two previous cases, Chadbourne & Parke LLP v. Troice and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. c. Dabit. The 9th Circuit cites both rulings in favor of the plaintiff in an appeal of a district court opinion based on an alleged violation of state law.

The defendant "would like us to read Dabit without considering his clarifications in Troice, but we will not make Troice meaningless as Game of Thrones touted the whole story of Night King in his last season," reads page 15 of l & # 39; opinion.

The 9th Circuit did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the signing of this famous petition by Owens calls for a season 8 of Game of Thrones – or what he thinks of knowing everything about Bran who rules the kingdom.

This is not the first time that Owens, an Obama member appointed to the federal judiciary, has dropped a reference to Game of Thrones in an opinion, as Above the Law notes.

In the case of the 9th circuit, Flores c. City of San Gabriel, Owens noted that the Court of Appeal's interpretation of a particular point was "very close to the Qur'anic resurrection of [a rejected case law] standard (bold type). "

Qyburn is the former cursed master and disgraced ethics of Queen Cersei, killed by his own creation, The Mountain, in Season 8, Episode 5. The Qyburnian Resurrection refers to him, The Mountain, this which seems to mean rejection of jurisprudence. are better left dead.

Fortunately, a new Game of Thrones is expected to happen over the next two years, which should give Owens a lot of new colorful materials.

Originally published on July 9th at 13:46. PT.