tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1548498152712223401.post3952146428494426438..comments2023-12-12T00:49:38.602-08:00Comments on Summary Judgments: In Memoriam: Professor William G. CoskranBrian Costellohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13494573508585266807noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1548498152712223401.post-66762080756770201122016-06-26T22:44:23.190-07:002016-06-26T22:44:23.190-07:00Professor Coskran taught Future Interests, which i...Professor Coskran taught Future Interests, which is a class unique to the field of law. Studying Future Interests with "Wild Bill" Coskran was like studying piano under Chopin. It deals with the "rule against perpetuities", widely considered to be the most difficult principle in jurisprudence. I doubt if a thousand people in the US understood it as well as Prof. Coskran. It was the only subject in law school that reminded me of calculus. After we got our grades a student complained to him that he only got 80 per cent in the course. Prof. Coskran didn't budge an inch. "I've seen students get down on their knees and BEG me to give them eighty per cent!" he said. Once he brought in the TV Guide and told us that a local station was showing a series of steamy films for 'Chick Week', beginning with Kathleen Turner in "Body Heat". "I guess they'll all be about the rule against perpetuities," he said. John Faloticonoreply@blogger.com