Tuesday, January 16, 2018

RIP John Tunney

The Candidate PosterThe LA Times presents a very interesting obituary about a well-known SoCal attorney: John Tunney, California senator who worked for environmental protection and civil rights, dies at 83. "Tunney was widely presumed to be the model for the Robert Redford character in the 1972 film The Candidate." See also In re Kay (1970) 1 Cal.3d 930 (h/t Kent Bullard).

Also, welcome U.S. 3d Circuit Court of Appeals to NextGen cm/ecf today! The next Circuit to implement NextGen will be the Federal Circuit, on March 19.

The DJ reports Federal Courts Announce Harassment Review Panel, Sans Current or Former Clerks: "Among the eight people who will serve on the working group are the director of the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, James C. Duff, who will chair the group, four federal judges and three other court administrators. Judge M. Margaret McKeown, who chairs the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals’ workplace environment committee, is among the judges on the panel."


Nino and Me by Bryan Garner
The Recorder has New Book on Scalia Bares Turbulent—and Good—Times With the Justice