Update on Good cause for a continuance

Three days ago, I uploaded here a copy of a motion for a two-day continuance or postponement of a trial that was scheduled to start in Orleans Parish Civil District Court on Monday, the day after the Bears–Saints NFC Championship game. The attorneys filing the motion convinced the judge that the lawyers, witnesses, and potential jurors would need two full days following the game to recover before reporting to court. Now Above the Law, the self-described legal tabloid blog, has posted a copy of the order granting the motion. Here's the upshot: the judge ordered that the trial must be completed by Friday, February 2, 2007. That's the Friday before the Super Bowl. That, folks, is what I call good docket management.