Melvin Watt: “That is correct, and I think the best analysis we heard of it is, ``You win and lose cases in the real world. The burden…”

“That is correct, and I think the best analysis we heard of it is, ``You win and lose cases in the real world. The burden of proof is on one side or the other, but you win a case with a 51 percent versus a 49 percent.'' Every case that gets filed, most cases that get filed, 90 percent, 95 percent of the cases that get filed, are close questions. They are not slam dunks, as we say in basketball lingo, and that is what this bill is designed to discourage.”