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The article discusses U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Judge Alex Kozinski and his work as the host of the Kozinski's Favorite Flicks monthly movie night event which is held each month in either of the appellate courthouses in San Francisco, California and Pasadena, California each month. Films such as "12 Angry Men," "The Verdict," and "The Paper Chase" are mentioned, along with the documentary motion picture "Tim's Vermeer" about Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer's painting techniques.

Provides information on judicial celebrities in the U.S. Best-known judicial celebrities; Most-posted judge in the Internet; Scholarly works of Judge Alex Kozinski.

The article presents information on the word chutzpah related to law. The author provides a small skit as an example to give the reference of the word played by Judge Alex Kozinski of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals at San Francisco and law professor Eugene Volokh in their 1993 Yale Law Journal article, "Lawsuit, Shmawsuit." Chutzpah is a Yiddish word that fits lawyering very well. Author Leo Rosten translates it as nerve or unmitigated gall in his book "The Joys of Yiddish."

Examines an antitrust opinion prepared by Judge Alex Kozinski of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Movie titles hidden in the antitrust opinion; Wit and imaginative writing shown by Kozinski in the legal opinion; Policy implications on legal composition and the justice system.