Sholar Farm
Hog trial drama: Defense attorney invokes Clint Eastwood, implies plaintiffs are liars in closing argument
Midway through Robert Thaxton’s closing arguments in the recent hog nuisance trial, the attorney for Smithfield Foods displayed a photo of a movie poster for Pale Rider, a 1985 Western starring Clint Eastwood. In the film, a mysterious justice-seeking preacher played by Eastwood tries...