pitney would never do that. state waterlogged itsy to one of the worst decisions ever -- estate water law gets you to one of the worst decisions ever. he does those kinds of things. he was a whiz on intellectual property. his case that i will be teaching tomorrow, he outperformed oliver wendell holmes. he is just smarter than they are in terms of the way in which he thinks. he only served for 10 years, but he had a very clear conception of the role of government which was born of a deep experience as a state law judge with an uncommon theoretical had. he was -- theoretical head. he was not a reactionary. he upheld the constitutionality of the workmen's compensation law. he got the right balance. he made mistakes on technical questions, but unlike brandeis, who could go off the reservation and get things completely whacked up, and holmes was good at things like antitrust law but was much to spectacle -- much too skeptical on other things, he did not suffer from that. this is not a conventional choice but this is