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Obituaries

Nov. 1, 2019

1925-2019 Lester E. Olson

Retired superior court judge Lester E. Olson, class plaintiff in a landmark state Supreme Court case enshrining cost of living increases for all California judicial officers, has died at 92.

1925-2019 Lester E. Olson

Retired superior court judge Lester E. Olson, class plaintiff in a landmark state Supreme Court case enshrining cost of living increases for all California judicial officers, has died at 92.

Concluding the landmark case, the state Supreme Court ruled annual cost of living increases in judge's salaries should be applied based on the existing legislation at the time their judicial term began.

Olson,...

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