Here in Texas, and I suppose most of the South, lawyers will talk about a weak argument as being a "dog that won't hunt." And there was a time after the 2006 filing of a wrongful death action against CNN and Nancy Grace by the family of Melinda Duckett where that was exactly what I was thinking: it's a dog that won't hunt. Things may have changed ....
Backstory - What's the Basis for the Lawsuit?
On September 7, 2006, Nancy Grace interviewed Melinda Duckett over the telephone as part of her continuing television coverage of the search for Melinda Duckett's missing child, 2 year old Trenton. (A transcript of the interview, as it was aired on September 8, 2006, by CNN is still available online.)