Judges and Judiciary
Aug. 29, 2014
Get me rewrite! State appellate justices' amended opinions can be revealing
Justices sometimes falter when drafting opinions, penning ill-conceived footnotes, hyperbolic diatribes and incorrect facts. Sometimes, though, they take another shot, editing blunders out of the permanent record.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Justices sometimes falter when drafting opinions, penning ill-conceived footnotes, hyperbolic diatribes and incorrect facts. Sometimes, though, they take another shot at it, rewriting themselves and editing blunders out of the permanent record.
While the U.S. Supreme Court has been criticized for secretly amending its decisions, California courts make public what has become a routine practice of editin...
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