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Judges and Judiciary

Aug. 26, 2011

Appellate judge was Orange County luminary

Justice David G. Sills, who led the 4th District Court of Appeal in Santa Ana for more than two decades and oversaw construction of its new courthouse, died Tuesday evening from cancer. He was 73.




By Don J. DeBenedictis


Daily Journal Staff Writer


SANTA ANA - Justice David G. Sills, who led the 4th District Court of Appeal in Santa Ana for more than two decades and oversaw construction of its new courthouse, died Tuesday evening from cancer. He was 73.


Known for his pithy, witty opinions and his easygoing style, Sills also was a former Marine and four-term mayor of Irvine who once was married to Ronald Reagan's daught...

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