California Supreme Court
Dec. 8, 2009
Court Allows 'Unrecusals' For Judges
Instead of following its tradition of "once recused, always recused," the California Supreme Court has loosened its guidelines on stock ownership, allowing justices to come back onto a case if their financial conflict has disappeared.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
When Wal-Mart's lawyers appealed to the California Supreme Court in early 2008 to let them build a new store in Stockton, Chief Justice Ronald M. George was forced to step aside because he owned shares in the retail giant.
Fast-forward about a year and a half, when the court circulated a proposed decision known as a calendar memo among the justices. George looked into the matter and...
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