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Judges and Judiciary

Oct. 28, 2011

Judge braves through court cuts

A print of the Black Knight from "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" in the chambers of San Francisco County Superior Court Presiding Judge Katherine A. Feinstein is a comic reminder of her public battle over funding for her court.


By Amy Yarbrough


Daily Journal Staff Writer


SAN FRANCISCO - In Judge Katherine A. Feinstein's chambers in San Francisco, near knickknacks, artwork and a pen collection big enough to stock a stationary store, hangs a print of the Black Knight, the comically persistent character in the movie "Monty Python and the Holy Grail."


The print shows a scene in which all of the Black Knight's limbs have been cut off in a sword fight spa...

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