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3 unusual facts about Edward Rafeedie


Edward Rafeedie

During his tenure on the Superior Court, Rafeedie presided over several high-profile civil cases, including the contested conservatorship of Groucho Marx, the Britt Ekland and Rod Stewart palimony trial and part of the Bob Dylan divorce case.

He also sentenced the daredevil Evel Knievel to jail for attacking a television executive with a baseball bat.

Santa Barbara News-Press controversy

In November 2007 the trial judge Edward Rafeedie granted Ampersand summary judgment on its copyright infringement claim, holding that the posting of the draft article was not fair use.



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