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\noindent \@docket \par \noindent
\begin{tabular}{@{}p{.55\textwidth}@{:\hspace{.03\textwidth}}p{.38\textwidth}}
{\@firstparty, \textit{Plaintiff,}} & { Superior Court Housing Session } \\
{\hfil v.\hfil} & { Judicial District of New Haven at New Haven } \\
{\@secondparty, \textit{Defendant}.} & { \@date }
\end{tabular} \vspace{8pt}
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\noindent
\begin{tabular}{p{.4\textwidth}p{.55\textwidth}}
{~} & { THE DEFENDANT \par ~ \par By \underscore{15em}~\par } \\
{ On The Pleading: \par Christopher DeCoro \par Yale Law School Class of 2012 \par christopher.decoro@yale.edu \par Law Student Intern } &
{ \@supervisor \par \@address \par \@hishercounsel }
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\begin{center}CERTIFICATION\end{center}
This is to certify that on \@date, a copy of the
foregoing was mailed, first-class mail, postage pre-paid, to \@opposingcounsel
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That's the TeX file for a trial brief (sans actual content). FUCK. THAT. I could never read it well enough to ever want to edit my own writing (w/o PDFing it and printing on hard paper).
