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The Context Dustpan
Satire. Dialogue is imagined; the underlying rulings and records are linked below.
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Masthead: JUSTICE-DENIED | SATIRE
Series: DOCKET CLEANING
Title: THE CONTEXT DUSTPAN
Panel 1: THE ACKNOWLEDGED FACT
Craig points to a fact card reading CRAIG + RENEE / MARRIED AT THE TIME beside a THEFT ACCUSATION folder.
Craig: That fact belongs in the picture.
Panel 2: ALTERNATIVE ANALYSIS
The judge sweeps the intact marriage fact into a SET ASIDE dustpan beside the SOURCE ORDER.
Judge Miller: Let’s set that aside.
Panel 3: A TIDIER DISCUSSION
Judge Miller brushes the THEFT DISCUSSION desk while the same fact remains visible in the dustpan.
Judge Miller: Much tidier.
Panel 4:
Craig lifts the SET ASIDE dustpan containing the marriage fact.
Craig: You cleaned out the context.
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SATIRE • IMAGINED SCENES AND DIALOGUE
Stevenson Doc. 429, pp. 22–25.
Behind the cartoon
The order first considers Craig and Renee’s marriage, then expressly sets it aside in alternative substantial-truth and interpretation analysis. The fact remains visible throughout the cartoon.
Underlying records
- Doc. 429, pp. 22–25Doc. 429, pp. 22–25; The order first considers Craig and Renee’s marriage, then expressly sets it aside in alternative substantial-truth and interpretation analysis. The fact remains visible throughout the cartoon.
Docket Cleaning series. Cleaning equipment, scenes, and dialogue are imagined editorial satire. Court-page locators refer to original document pages.
More record detail
Stevenson v. Stevenson, Otter Tail County case 56-CV-20-2928. The order first considers Craig and Renee’s marriage, then expressly sets it aside in alternative substantial-truth and interpretation analysis. The fact remains visible throughout the cartoon. Sources: Doc. 429, pp. 22–25.
