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California Supreme Court

Dec. 12, 2012

In rare mix-up, lawyer misses oral argument before state Supreme Court

It is, perhaps, a lawyer's worst nightmare: missing oral arguments because you overslept, or mixed up the dates. Or, in the case of a lawyer last week, you got the location wrong.


By Emily Green


Daily Journal Staff Writer


It is, perhaps, a lawyer's worst nightmare: missing oral arguments because you overslept, or mixed up the dates. Or, in the case of a lawyer last week, you got the location wrong.


Last Tuesday, plaintiff's attorney Daniel U. Smith, a senior partner at Smith & McGinty, showed up to argue his case before the state Supreme Court in San Francisco, where the court is based. But the court was hol...

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