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Obituaries

Oct. 7, 2011

Leonard Sacks

1928-2011


By Anna Scott


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Longtime trial lawyer Leonard Sacks, a prolific writer of amicus briefs who contributed to several precedent-setting cases, died on Aug. 27 of natural causes. He was 83.


One of Sacks' most notable cases was his first appellate brief for the Consumer Attorneys of California, submitted to the California Supreme Court as part of the 1975 landmark Crisci and Li v. Yellow Cab Co. case. The case stemmed f...

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