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Perspective

Sep. 11, 2014

Next up: the Cantil-Sakauye high court

The California Supreme Court is in the process of a major transformation. By the beginning of next year, it indisputably will have become the Cantil-Sakauye court in name and composition. By Kent L. Richland


By Kent L. Richland


The California Supreme Court - identified in a 2008 study as the most influential state supreme court in the nation - is in the process of a major transformation. Assuming Gov. Jerry Brown makes an appointment to Justice Joyce Kennard's presently vacant seat in the next few months and the confirmation process takes its normal course, by the beginning of next year a majority of the justices will have come to the court after the 2011 retirem...

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