J. Murray in the spotlight

Today's DJ has Justice of 3rd District with lagging caseload may be nearing exit, which reports:

• Justice William J. Murray Jr. has written no opinions, published or unpublished, since Dec. 8. He turns 65 on Jan. 27, making him eligible for full retirement.
• Over this same six-week period, his colleagues on the court have filed 14 published opinions. Murray’s name appeared as a concurring vote on one. The 3rd District has also filed 140 unpublished opinions between Dec. 9 and Jan. 17. Murray cast a vote on 12 of them.
• out of 154 opinions, each signed by three justices, one would expect the average justice to put their name on about 46 of them. But Murray has signed 13, and written none.

Also of in today's DJ Considerations for upcoming panel on Hastings' name change:

• In 1878 Hastings paid $100,000 in U.S. gold coin to the state's Treasurer to establish a Law Department for the University of California, "that shall forever be known and designated as the Hastings College of the Law." Cal. Ed. Code Section 92200. That law also provides that if the college "ceases to exist," the state must repay Hastings' heirs the $100,000 plus accumulated interest.