(Along similar lines, see this 2/5 decision, again highlighting the split in approach about the importance of RTs.)The nightmares that California lawyers imagined arising from the court funding crisis have come true: A recent decision shows that not having a court reporter during a trial or hearing can doom your appeal.
Also in today's DJ, Eric Kingsley asks Will the Court Follow Scalia or Holmes?
This week, Justice Anton Scalia will surpass Oliver Wendell Holmes as the 15th-longest serving Supreme Court justice in American history.