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Judges and Judiciary

Feb. 27, 2009

The Win Column

While Justice Arthur Gilbert's judicial opinions are not devoid of humor, he gives far freer reign to his wit in his book "Under Submission."

Robert S. Gerstein

Former California Academy of Appellate Lawyers President

UNDER SUBMISSION

Why does an appellate justice who spends much of his professional life writing judicial opinions spend a substantial part of his free time (away from the piano) writing newspaper columns?

That question is posed by the publication of "Under Submission," a collection of columns Presiding Justice Arthur Gilbert of California's 2nd Appellate District has produced for the Los Angeles Daily Journal over the past 20 years. ...

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