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California Courts of Appeal

Mar. 25, 2008

Project Documents the Lives of Retired Appellate Judges

Videotaped interviews with retired justices of the California Court of Appeal will soon be available to legal history buffs and members of the public as part of a project by the Judicial Council, the policymaking body of the state courts.

By Laura Ernde
Daily Journal Staff Writer
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      SAN FRANCISCO - John Gabbert decided on a legal career in high school after watching an attorney rescue his newspaper-editor father from a libel charge.
      James Hastings befriended Joseph A. Wapner of People's Court fame at the University of Southern California in 1938, when both considered themselves "big me...

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