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Judges and Judiciary

Mar. 13, 2014

Prominent 3rd Circuit judge, who works from Santa Barbara, to retire

Ruggero J. Aldisert considers himself a Californian. Though he's served decades with the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, he's among a minority of judges to hold court on an opposite coast from the region in which he or she serves.


By Katie Lucia


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Ruggero J. Aldisert considers himself a Californian. Though he's served decades with the Philadelphia-based 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, the judge is among a minority to hold court on an opposite coast from the region in which he or she serves. Clear across the country - about 2,700 miles from his home court - Aldisert has heard some of the nation's most prominent cases from his modest chambers in...

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