Amicus meus, inimicus inimici mei (“my friend, the enemy of my enemy”) -- Especially When that Enemy is a Vexatious Litigant

San Antonio Texas Real Estate Attorney Trey Wilson wrote:

I usually limit my posts on this blog to scholarly discourse and news coverage of real estate-related legal issues and developments.  On rare occasion, I will share personal experiences from a case in which I am involved. 

One such post appeared here on September 8, 2013, and was entitled "Paranoid, Fantastical Conspiracy Suits Over Zuehl Fence/Easement Dormant for Now."  Remarkably, that entry received the 2nd most unique "hits" of any post made on this blog (232 as of this morning). That means 232 different people (or at least different computers/devices) read that post. Honestly, I'm not sure how I feel about that, since most of my entries require some degree of scholarship or creativity (or both). Heck, sometimes I even post what some would consider "free advice" or "free blueprints" for legal procedures. In any event, the Zuehl post offered neither scholarship nor free legal work, but was still better-read than most of my other entries.

Suffice it to say that my representation of the Zuehl Airport POA has been very "interesting." It is no secret to my client, the numerous courts (everywhere from Seguin to El Paso to New Orleans) that have entertained the Zuehl litigations, and/or to the various opposing counsel, that the collective Zuehl disputes have been dubbed (and are now referred to as) "Internecine warfare."   Indeed, the litigants are engaged in an internal conflict that has been destructive (financially, at a minimum) to all sides.

While Wikipedia isn't always the best or most accurate source, its commentary about internecine warfare (under the search query for "Civil War") is particularly apt when considering the Zuehl Airport: 

The terms internecine war and domestic war are often used interchangeably with "civil war", but "internecine war" can be used in a wider meaning, referring to any conflict within a single state, regardless of the participation of civil forces. Thus, any war of succession is by definition an internecine war, but not necessarily a civil war.

As far as wars go, the ones at Zuehl haven't been very civil at all. At times, there has been a complete lack of civility -- even in open court. This is particularly true when a certain Pro Se litigant has been involved. This individual (who shall continue to remain unnamed in this blog) has not only routinely been involved in lawsuits with my client, but has also sued the Guadalupe County District Clerk, Sheriff, Appraisal District/Tax Assessor, and even me for various perceived misdeeds, including racketeering. Among other things, accusations have been made that judges in Guadalupe and Bexar counties are corrupt, that the Guadalupe County Sheriff's office is a machinator, and that even the U.S Marshal's Service is in on some conspiratorial plot.

But, apparently the officials tangentially related to the Zuehl fence and roadway dispute aren't the only ones whom my unworthy foe likes to accuse and antagonize.  Even more shocking is that fact that -- as contentious as the Zuehl suits have been -- someone completely unrelated to Zuehl has finally told this guy what all the rest of us (and I am somewhat confident that I'm not just "speaking" for myself) have wanted to say for so long.

Today I learned of a media report that a New Braunfels, Texas City Councilman had grown so weary of the absurdity and obnoxiousness emanating from this individual that the good councilman finally told him to "F  OFF" -- and multiple times in official City emails, to-boot. 

After a short on-line search, I found an article in a publication called the txcitizen entitled "1st Word: Warning Explicit Content." The article, reported by Mike Reynolds, contains lots of juicy details related to yet another contentious relationship sowed by everybody's favorite pro se litigant. 

Before reading the article -- which is somewhat entertaining and pretty well written -- I had no idea that a whole other governmental body in a whole other County (namely the City of New Braunfels in Comal County) had found itself in the same vexatious sights of the same antagonist as did the County of Guadalupe. In fact, it seems like the New Braunfels battle has persisted for quite some time. 

If you're one of the many who read my post from September 8th, you'll probably enjoy Mr. Reynolds' report. I know I did. 

And while I know nothing of New Braunfels politics or the (now former) councilman who was pushed too far, I do know that I would like to buy a beer for the guy who was ballsy/dumb enough to do what I have wanted to for years. 

It must be liberating to not be restrained by decorum and the rules applicable to lawyers....