U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Sep. 26, 2009
Unusual Legal Duo Challenge Strategy - And Each Other
A while back in a 10-year-old case over gun shows, Donald E. Kilmer's co-counsel Donald B. Kates Jr. urged Kilmer not to raise the 2nd Amendment as a claim. Now it's become a central issue in the case.




Daily Journal Staff Writer Some advice is best not taken. At least, that was the case for Donald E.J Kilmer Jr., the San Jose-based attorney for two gun show operators fighting an Alameda County ordinance that bans guns on county property. Nordkye v. Alameda County, 07-15763. A while back in the 10-year-old case, Kilmer's good friend and co-counsel Donald B. Kates Jr. urged Kilmer not to raise the Second Amendment ...
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