July 23rd, 2008
A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed summary judgment in favor of San Francisco in a civil rights lawsuit dubbed “fajitagate.” In an unsigned six-page memorandum decision issued July 23, 2008, Judges John Noonan, Sidney Thomas and Jay Bybee held that the City was not responsible for any […]
December 22nd, 2007
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has calendared oral argument in the federal civil rights claims over a 2002 altercation between three off-duty S.F.P.D. officers (one of whom was the son of the assistant chief) and a San Francisco bartender and his friend. The media dubbed the case “fajitagate” because the […]
November 11th, 2007
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on November 6, 2007, heard oral argument in Bull v. City and County of San Francisco, a class action challenging the County Jail’s former strip search policy. Until January 2004, the San Francisco County Jail made an unclothed visual inspection for drugs and weapons of […]
October 29th, 2007
Judge Alex Kozinski reprised his role as Oscar Madison opposite Judge Stephen Reinhardt (as Felix Unger) in “The Judicial Odd Couple,” an entertaining lunch-time performance at the Bar Association of San Francisco. Okay, that’s not entirely true. The two Ninth Circuit jurists did engage in a lively discussion, but the actual title of the event […]
October 29th, 2007
At the First Annual Jurisprudence Luncheon (Oct. 27, 2007 at the Bar Association of San Francisco), the all-star panelists revealed their favorite legal philosophers. Can you match the jurist to his fave legal thinker? Find the answers below at Quiz Answers.
The panelists were (a) Former California Supreme Court Associate Justice Joseph R. Grodin; (b) Judge […]
