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Litigation

Apr. 30, 2013

Retired judges should be able to take other government jobs, appellate justice testifies

A state appellate court justice who wants to retire early took the stand Friday to fight a law that could prevent judges from taking a job with the state before their allotted term ends - even if they've already left office.


By Chase Scheinbaum


Daily Journal Staff Writer


LOS ANGELES - A state appellate court justice who wants to retire early took the stand Friday to fight a law that could prevent judges from taking a job with the state before their allotted term ends - even if they've already left office.


In a bench trial before Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Richard L. Fruin, Justice Arthur Gilbert of the 2nd District Court of Appeal argued that the anti-m...

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