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Litigation

Feb. 23, 2016

Judge stands by ruling that cites appellate court dissent

Gerald Rosenberg's ruling caused stir because he initially based legal reasoning on appellate dissent.

By Matthew Blake
Daily Journal Staff Writer

A Santa Monica judge will stick with the outcome of a prior order in which he quoted a state appellate court dissenting opinion but did not acknowledge he cited the dissent.

In a ruling published on Thursday, Superior Court Judge Gerald Rosenberg simply restated a tentative order he issued one week earlier that denied plaintiff Michael Reach's motions for reconsideration...

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