Bush Library/Lawsuit

mrydel · Post by **mrydel** » Thu Oct 05, 2006 11:00 am

Won't the next step be for Vodika to feign an illness (heart attack, vertigo, stroke) and go into the hospital for an extended period of time to delay more?

couch 'em · Post by **couch 'em** » Thu Oct 05, 2006 11:57 am

He could plant some endangered species on the land making it impossible for us to disturb it.

OC Mustang · Post by **OC Mustang** » Thu Oct 05, 2006 1:38 pm

I would have a bulldozer and backhoe parked less than a block away inconspicuously doing "maintenance" on campus.
And if I were Leon Bennett, the minute I knew the order was enforceable, that bulldozer and backhoe would be placed right in the parking lot on either side of his unit (or units, as the case may be), and I'd shred the buildings adjacent to it as I tacked an eviction notice to his door.

And then, possessions or no, I would level his apartment with prejudice and then proceed to the rest of University Gardens.

And inside of a month and a day, that place would be as bare as a baby's [deleted].

EastStang · Post by **EastStang** » Thu Oct 05, 2006 2:38 pm

Only after the Court allowed us to evict him would I start tearing stuff down. We still have to succeed in state court before we can evict him and start shredding property. But I agree. I remember there was a road here in Virginia that needed to be built and environmentalists fought against it, but the minute there was no lawsuit pending, the bulldozers razed 15 miles of land overnight.

SMU Football Blog · Post by **SMU Football Blog** » Thu Oct 05, 2006 4:02 pm

BK court remanded matter to state court; BK court abstained from hearing state court action; BK court lifted stay so that all matters in state court can continue. There will be language in the order that attempts to prevent this kind of thing in the future.

Hearing on whether or not to dismiss the bankruptcy case outright is set for the 10th.

mrydel · Post by **mrydel** » Thu Oct 05, 2006 4:05 pm

SMU Football Blog wrote:BK court remanded matter to state court; BK court abstained from hearing state court action; BK court lifted stay so that all matters in state court can continue. There will be language in the order that attempts to prevent this kind of thing in the future.

Hearing on whether or not to dismiss the bankruptcy case outright is set for the 10th.

"Oh Elizabeth...I feel the big one coming on. I'm coming to be with you Elizabeth..." Fred Sanford during mock heart attack.

mustangbill67 · Post by **mustangbill67** » Thu Oct 05, 2006 11:26 pm

couch 'em wrote:He could plant some endangered species on the land making it impossible for us to disturb it.

A technical point of order. You cannot "plant" an endangered species as endangered "plants" appear naturally in the landscape. However, he could open up his attic as a nesting area for migratory birds (maybe I should not suggest this

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couch 'em · Post by **couch 'em** » Thu Oct 05, 2006 11:45 pm

mustangbill67 wrote:A technical point of order. You cannot "plant" an endangered species as endangered "plants" appear naturally in the landscape. However, he could open up his attic as a nesting area for migratory birds (maybe I should not suggest this )

Not so fast! I can "plant" a spotted owl in the attic much the same as I could "plant" the knife used to slash Vodika's tires on FroggieFever right before I tell the cops that they should search him.

[disclaimer: I neither encourage, condone, nor engage in any acts of retribution, criminal or otherwise, against Vodika and/or any parties involved in the subject of this thread. Unless they are a froggie.]

SMU Football Blog · Post by **SMU Football Blog** » Fri Oct 06, 2006 8:16 am

The SMU Daily Campus has the better of two articles; the DMN leaves out the little detail that Vodicka was ordered to pay SMU's attorneys' fees associated with his little bankruptcy stunt and that Hale told him that if anyone else filed for bankruptcy in the future, they'd have to pay them too. How the DMN can leave that out is mind-boggling.

http://www.smudailycampus.com/home/inde ... 802f74dbdd

University Gardens condo owner faces setback
Mark Norris, Managing Editor, [email protected]
Posted: 10/6/06
Thursday was filled with setbacks for Gary Vodicka and his legal efforts in a federal bankruptcy court.

Judge Harlin D. Hale ruled that the University Gardens condo owner improperly used the bankruptcy system and sent the case back to the state district court. A stay was also lifted so that the matter can proceed at the state level.

Hale also ruled that Vodicka must pay attorney's and court fees for SMU. Both sides now await a scheduled date for a hearing on summary judgment.

SMU's head legal council John McElhaney said afterwards, "We're grateful to have a chance to set the case on track…the judge made an undoubtedly correct ruling."

New pleadings were made in the case in which more Vodicka tenants were given partial ownership in Vodicka's condos.

A man named James Michael Moore, Vodicka admitted, now has a one-fiftieth interest in a condo. Upon further cross-examination Vodicka said the property was given at some point within the last month.

"I talked to him about it a long time ago and it was consummated legally within the last 30 days," Vodicka said during testimony.

Another man, Greg Templin, received a one-one hundredth stake in the condominium within the past 30 days.

When questioned by McElhaney why he awarded someone not living in the complex partial ownership, Vodicka said he was free to do what he wanted with his property.

Judge Hale's warned Vodicka during his ruling that if any of the partial owners appeared in the bankruptcy court in relation to the case that they also would be subject to paying court and attorney's fees for the opposition.

The hearing was often contentious - especially when Vodicka was on the stand and McElhaney was cross-examining. At several points the two were talking over each other, each trying to get across their point.

Vodicka continued to argue that state district judge Jay Patterson would unfairly rule if the case was remanded to his court.

"The evidence will show that he is not an impartial judge…I want an impartial judge," Vodicka said during testimony.

Vodicka represented himself in the bankruptcy case and cross-examined himself for nearly an hour and a half.

During the time Vodicka emphasized his problems with the way the case has been handled over the past month. He recounted the rapid pace of scheduling hearings in late September, which resulted in him filing for bankruptcy.

Vodicka sued SMU in August 2005 claiming the university defrauded him and intimidated others out of the University Gardens condominium complex. The land the complex sits on is part of one SMU plan for the building of the George W. Bush Presidential Library.

A decision on the location of the library is expected some time after the mid-term elections.

Peruna2001 · Post by **Peruna2001** » Fri Oct 06, 2006 8:29 am

Maybe he'll give 1/1000th ownership to a spotted owl.

friarwolf · Post by **friarwolf** » Fri Oct 06, 2006 8:29 am

The image of this idiot cross-examining himself brings to mind the greatness of Cleavon Little in Blazing Saddles pulling the gun on himself...........

Rumor has it the announcement of SMU getting the library will occur the week before Thanksgiving - hopefully on the spot where Vodicka's condo once stood.......

jtstang · Post by **jtstang** » Fri Oct 06, 2006 8:52 am

I'll just bet there's another BK filing on the eve of the next MSJ hearing. So he'll have to pay SMU's attorney's fees.

SMU Football Blog · Post by **SMU Football Blog** » Fri Oct 06, 2006 9:02 am

If Vodicka doesn't pay, they won't let him file pleadings in BK court. And SMU incurred a lot of fees in this. I don't think Hale will have a problem finding them reasonable.

OC Mustang · Post by **OC Mustang** » Fri Oct 06, 2006 9:30 am

I wanna take a picture of his place being demolished and send it to him on the day the library opens.

MrMustang1965 · Post by **MrMustang1965** » Sat Oct 07, 2006 1:32 am

SMU Football Blog wrote:How the DMN can leave that out is mind-boggling.

Because the words 'University of Texas' were not mentioned.