Special items in reporters

Once upon a time we did legal research in libraries with books. We walked the stacks to locate volumes of case reporters and flipped actual pages to find particular cases. In the course of looking at book spines or cracking volumes open, sometimes one would chance upon something in the volume that was not an opinion. Those special items were often pretty darn interesting (to a certain type of mind) and a great momentary frolic from ordinary research. For those who miss that experience, here's a weak substitute: The California Official Reports Public Access Web site has a link to Special Sessions of the California Supreme Court and California Courts of Appeal. Here you will find Celebrations, Commemorations, Dedications, Memoriams, and transcripts from Special Sessions:

1. Celebrations
   Honoring the Record Service of Justice Stanley Mosk, January 7, 2000
   150th Anniversary of the Supreme Court, February 8, 2000
   100th Anniversaries of the Orange County Bar Association and the Old Orange County Courthouse, October 4th, 2001
   100th Anniversary of the Courts of Appeal, April 11, 2005
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3. Commemoration
   Honorable Earl Johnson, Jr. Retired October 7, 2007
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5. Dedications
   Supreme Court of California Courtroom Dedication, January 8, 1999
   Stanley Mosk Library and Courts Building, November 6, 2002
   Courthouse Dedication, Court of Appeal, Santa Ana (4th Dist., Div. 3), January 14, 2010 
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7. Memoriams
   Honorable David N. Eagleson (1924-2003)
   Bernard E. Witkin (1904 - 1995)
   Honorable Howard M. Dabney (1927 - 1996)
   Honorable Otto M. Kaus (1920 - 1996)
   Honorable Allen E. Broussard (1929 - 1996)
   Honorable Raymond L. Sullivan (1907 - 1999)
   Honorable Frank K. Richardson (1914 - 1999)
   Honorable Rose Elizabeth Bird (1936 -1999)
   Honorable Richard W. Abbe (1926 - 2000)
   Honorable Don Ross Work (1928 - 2001)
   Honorable Stanley Mosk (1912 - 2001)
   Honorable Robert E. Rickles (1922 - 2001)
   Brian Thomas Clearwater (1953 - 2003)
   Honorable Thomas Fulton Crosby, Jr. (1940 - 2004)
   Honorable Robert K. Puglia (1929 - 2005)
   Honorable Robert Gardner (1911 - 2005)
   Honorable Paul Boland (1942 - 2007)
   Honorable F. Douglas McDaniel (1920 - 2008)
   Honorable David G. Sills (1938 - 2011)
   Honorable Stephen Monahan Kelly (1948 - 2013)
   Honorable Margaret J. Morris (1922-2012)
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9. Special Sessions
   Special Session of the Supreme Court, Fresno, California, October 8, 2002
   Special Session of the Supreme Court, San Jose, California, December 2, 2003
   Special Session of the Supreme Court, San Diego, California, December 7, 2004
   Special Session of the Supreme Court, Redding, California, October 5, 2005
   Special Session of the Supreme Court, Santa Barbara, California October 3, 2006
   Special Session of the Supreme Court, Santa Rosa, California October 2, 2007
   Special Session of the Supreme Court, Riverside County, California, October 7, 2008
   Special Session of the Court of Appeal, Fourth Appellate District, Division Two, Riverside, California August 13, 2009
   Special Session of the Supreme Court, Berkeley, California, November 3, 2009
   Special Session of the Supreme Court, San Francisco, California, September 7, 2011
   Special Session of the Supreme Court, Davis, California, October 3, 2012
   Special Session of the Supreme Court, San Francisco, California, February 5, 2013
   Special Session of the Supreme Court, Berkeley, California, October 9, 2013