California Courts of Appeal
Jun. 30, 2011
Jewish Judge Needn't Disclose Religion
A Jewish judge didn't have to disclose his religious affiliation before agreeing to arbitrate a case involving a German defendant, a state appellate court ruled Tuesday.
By Laura Ernde
Daily Journal Staff Writer
A Jewish judge didn't have to disclose his religious affiliation before agreeing to arbitrate a case involving a German defendant, a state appellate court ruled Tuesday.
The 4th District Court of Appeal rejected a request to throw out the arbitration decision by Stephen E. Haberfeld, a judge at JAMS, in a commercial dispute that had "absolutely nothing to do with the Jewish religion or the Holocaust." Rebmann v. Rohde, G04366...
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