
As a devoted francophile (and middling francophone), I'm ever intrigued by the concept of rank. One cannot watch the plays of Moliere or the films of Renoir without getting a sense for the pervasive role that rank plays in every aspect of society, amongst both the proud and the petty.
This of course brings me to the place I most commonly rub against the rigid hierarchies of rank—summary judgment motions. Long time readers will of course be aware that Judges Connolly and Williams require litigants to rank their summary judgment motions, so that once one is denied, the …