Litigation
Nov. 21, 2013
9th Circuit chief judge's role as class action objector may be unprecedented
The judge's involvement as an objector in class action litigation is extremely rare, and several legal ethics experts could find no example of it occurring.
By Hadley Robinson
Daily Journal Staff Writer
When Alex Kozinski, chief judge of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, and his wife Marcy Tiffany bought a brand new electric car at a Nissan dealership in Fontana in 2011, they had to drive it nearly 80 miles to get back to their home in Paso Robles. The freshly charged battery didn't make it, and Kozinski and Tiffany had to stop 15 miles from their destination at another dealership to recharge their...
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