Armand Arabian, who served on the California Supreme Court from 1990-96, and before that on the Los Angeles Municipal Court, the Los Angeles Superior Court, and the Court of Appeal, has died.He was 83. Arabian died Wednesday...
Judge Stephen Reinhardt, Liberal Lion on Ninth Circuit, Dies at 87; Prominent Liberal Judge From The 9th Circuit Court Has Died At 87 ; The DJ will run a full obit on Monday.
When one of several cases consolidated under Rule 42(a) is finally decided, that decision confers upon the losing party the immediate right to appeal, regardless of whether any of the other consolidated cases remain pending.
This decision does not mean that district courts may not consolidate cases for all purposes in appropriate circumstances. But constituent cases retain their separate identities at least to the extent that a final decision in one is immediately appealable by the losing party.
Today's DJ and The Recorder both run a letter by Justice Cuéllar about judicial elections.
Because for me it’s not about the law. It’s about the people.
Every case involves people. People with problems. The law is supposed to solve problems, resolve disputes, promote fairness … for people.
These aren’t logic puzzles. These aren’t “adventures in the clarification of thought.” They aren’t even challenging legal conundrums. First and foremost, these are cases involving people who have problems. And I have been entrusted with the task of applying the law to their problems.
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Cases don’t come to our court “on the wings of a snow white dove." They’re brought to us by people.
Every issue that involves something we never cared about before and may try never to think about again involves real people and the opportunity to see that they are treated in a way the law considers fair. That’s a privilege.
Although its exact origins are lost in the mists of pop culture, the phrase "hold my beer" has a very specific meaning: "I can do it better than you can." And it is typically reserved for undertakings that are, at best, ill-advised.
An example: Washington, D.C. says, "Boy, it's been a scandal-filled year!" Hollywood replies, "Hold my beer."
Does the judicial branch ever tell the political branches of government, "Hold my beer"? The recent efforts to reform California's pretrial bail system vividly illustrate the complexity of this question.
Today's 9th Circuit opinion in Williams v. Gaye, commonly known as the Blurred Lines case, is not just a must-read for copyright lawyers, but also is essential reading for appellate practitioners. A couple of many appellate topics of interest that jump out include: What's the law on reviewing summary judgment rulings after there's been a trial? Do the majority and dissenting opinions strike a proper tone in addressing each other?
Justice Elena Kagan adds an apostrophe and “s” to the possessive of Congress. Justice Clarence Thomas only adds an apostrophe. Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. uses sentence fragments for effect—”Tough as a three-dollar steak.” You won’t find fragments in the opinions of Justice Anthony Kennedy in recent terms.
Despite some individual differences, the Roberts court displays a more liberal, modern and conversational bent in writing style in general, Jill Barton, a legal writing professor at the University of Miami School of Law, says in her study “Supreme Court Splits…on Grammar and Writing Style.”
LACBA's Litigation Section will present the 2018 Bernard Witkin Luncheon Lecture on Wednesday, April 4 at the Omni in DTLA, to be delivered by Justice Cuellar.
| Justice Mary J. Greenwood, as Presiding Justice of the Court of Appeal, Sixth Appellate District (San Jose) Commission members: Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye (Chair), Attorney General Xavier Becerra, and Presiding Justice Franklin D. Elia |  | |
| Judge Helen I. Bendix, as Associate Justice of the Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, Division One (Los Angeles) Commission members: Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye (Chair), Attorney General Xavier Becerra, and Presiding Justice Arthur Gilbert |  | |
| Judge Carl H. Moor, as Associate Justice of the Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, Division Five (Los Angeles) Commission members: Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye (Chair), Attorney General Xavier Becerra, and Presiding Justice Arthur Gilbert |  |
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| Sour Grapes is a documentary about "Rudy Kruniawan" |
“O thou invisible spirit of wine, if thou hast no name to be known by, let us call thee devil!” (Shakespeare, Othello, act II, scene 3.)And concludes thusly:
Yea verily, we are presented with a most unfortunate tale of a villainous wine dealer who sold millions of dollars’ worth of counterfeit wine to an unsuspecting wine collector. When the wine collector discovered the fraud, he filed an insurance claim based on his “Valuable Possessions” property insurance policy. The insurance company denied the claim. The wine collector sued for breach of contract. The trial court ruled in favor of the insurance company, sustaining its demurrer.
We agreeth with the trial court; the wine collector suffered a financial loss, but there was no loss to property that was covered by the property insurance policy. In other words, the wine collector is stuck with the devil wine without recompense. A Shakespearean tragedy, to be sure.
Finally, we can merely offereth to [Plaintiff/Appellant] this small piece of wisdom from the Bard of Avon: “The robbed that smiles steals something from the thief.” (Shakespeare, Othello, act I, scene 3.)Given Justice Cuellar's opinion noted on At the Lectern, Barditis must be going around lately...
She prides herself on being “one of the first
original iPad judges,” -- “The whole digital revolution has changed both the technology we
have and also the face of many states within the 9th Circuit,” McKeown said
during an interview in her San Diego chambers.
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