L.A. Law (TV Series)

Petticoat Injunction (1988)

Douglas Dirkson: Judge Austin Lyne

Quotes 

• Lawyer Felix Echeverria : Now according to the report you gave the police, the man who accosted you was 6 foot or over. But, uh, Mr. Alden's only 5 foot 10 1/2 inches.

  Stuart Markowitz : So call me a liar for inch an half.

  Lawyer Felix Echeverria : Well, if you like that characterization, okay.

  Stuart Markowitz : Look, I'm 5 feet 5 1/2. A lot of people look taller to me.

  Lawyer Felix Echeverria : So you're saying that your diminutive stature makes you a less than reliable observer.

  Stuart Markowitz : No.

  Lawyer Felix Echeverria : But you'll acknowledge there's a discrepancy here.

  Stuart Markowitz : Yeah... No!

  Lawyer Felix Echeverria : You also said the man wore a mustache.

  Stuart Markowitz : Now, I'm not sure about that. Um... I think actually he may have shaved it off.

  Lawyer Felix Echeverria : Well, my question is, Mr. Markowitz, did he or did he not have a mustache. Why the hesitancy, Mr. Markowitz? Is it because you can't remember? Or is it because you and your wife were so drunk that night you can't be certain who you saw.

  Stuart Markowitz : What?

  Lawyer Felix Echeverria : Well, you testified, you were on your way back from dinner now. Didn't you share a bottle of wine. In fact, you two guys were pretty looped, weren't you.

  Stuart Markowitz : No, that's not the case.

  Lawyer Felix Echeverria : Come on, Mr. Markowitz.

  Stuart Markowitz : Wait a minute!

  Ann Kelsey : Objection, stop putting words in his mouth.

  Lawyer Felix Echeverria : Your Honor.

  Judge Austin Lyne : Mrs. Markowitz.

  Ann Kelsey : He's posing compound questions and brow-beating the witness.

  Judge Austin Lyne : You are not the attorney of record here. Sit down.

  Jack Debente : Come on.

  Ann Kelsey : You can't let him get away with that.

  Jack Debente : I'm not going to.