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unusual facts about California Supreme Court



Ben Wildman-Tobriner

Wildman-Tobriner's paternal grandfather, Mathew Tobriner, served as a California Supreme Court Justice for 20 years.

C. J. Goodell

On January 2, 1945, Governor Earl Warren appointed Goodell an Associate Justice of the District Court of Appeal, First Appellate District, Division Two in place of Homer R. Spence who was elevated to the California Supreme Court on the same day.

Occupy San Diego

The day before, San Diego police arrested former democratic congressional candidate Ray Lutz for setting up a similar voting registration table, Lutz cited a California Supreme Court ruling which in part states that people are allowed to register voters, even on private property.

See's Candies

Laurance A. See's 1962 divorce from his wife Elizabeth led to a landmark community property ruling by the California Supreme Court.


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David Terry

David S. Terry (1823–1889), California Father and Chief Justice of the California Supreme Court

Frank Richardson

Frank K. Richardson (1914–1999), former Associate Justice of the California Supreme Court

Joyce L. Kennard

In that case, the California Supreme Court held that Nike could not claim a First Amendment "commercial free speech" defense when charged with lying about sweatshop conditions in its overseas manufacturing plants.

Justice Adams

Annette Abbott Adams, a woman who served by special assignment on one case in the California Supreme Court

Michael Nava

In 2004, he became a judicial attorney for Carlos R. Moreno, who was the third Latino to ever sit on the California Supreme Court.

Pavlovich

Pavlovich v. Superior Court, a California Supreme Court case dealing with personal jurisdiction based on online activities

William Lawlor

William P. Lawlor (1854–?), justice of the California Supreme Court in the 1920s