California Supreme Court
Jul. 25, 2014
Machinations behind Cuellar appointment cause intrigue
Gov. Jerry Brown's appointment of Mariano-Florentino Cuellar to the California Supreme Court was widely praised Wednesday, but some of the machinations behind the appointment intrigued observers watching the process closely.




By Henry Meier
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Gov. Jerry Brown's appointment of Stanford Law School Professor Mariano-Florentino Cuellar to the California Supreme Court was widely praised Wednesday, but some of the machinations behind the appointment intrigued observers watching the process closely.
Instead of appointing Cuellar to the seat vacated by Justice Joyce L. Kennard, who stepped down in April, Brown chose to slot Cuellar in Justice ...
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