I Think I Know How This Ends.

"A regrettable situation! but is it one that requires a burnt offering or that demands the swinging of human forms from the gibbet to gratify the rancor of intimate observers? The instant action is a new demonstration of a familiar social phenomenon: when a tragic loss occurs, find a victim to throw to the lions. The perspicacity of the trial court was not overtaxed to discern the weakness of plaintiff's position."
-- Justice Moore, George Pepperdine Foundation v. Pepperdine, 126 Cal.App.2d 154, 1954