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California Courts of Appeal

Mar. 2, 2016

After Vergara oral arguments, plaintiffs' lawyer keeps debate going with letter

Manuever by plaintiffs' attorney Theodore J. Boutrous unusual, but not unheard of, lawyers say

By Matthew Blake
Daily Journal Staff Writer

The plaintiff's lawyer in a nationally debated case about teacher personnel statutes performed an uncommon maneuver following Thursday's state appellate court oral arguments: He sent the appellate justices a letter to rebut points he did not respond to at oral arguments.

A few hours after hotly anticipated oral arguments in Vergara et. al v. State of California et. al, B258589, Theodore J. Bou...

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