A 55-minute stand-off between Judge Maxine Ellis and attorney-at-law Matthew Hyatt unfolded in the Half-Way Tree Parish Court yesterday in the 31-year-old case involving Courtney Anderson, as the matter was not listed for hearing and the lawyer ‘sounded off’ after it was disclosed that the case file is still missing.It was tense and, at times, funny, but for nearly 50 minutes the judge, Hyatt and the clerk — with the latter speaking for only abo…
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