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Government,
Criminal,
California Supreme Court

Mar. 15, 2019

State high court orders unsealing of governor’s pardon documents

The documents relate to former Gov. Jerry Brown’s pardoning of a former state senator.

State high court orders unsealing of governor’s pardon documents
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP attorney Thomas R. Burke

The California Supreme Court has ordered the governor's office to unseal documents relating to the previous administration's pardoning of a former state senator, documents attorneys believe will finally shed light on a process they say has been shrouded in secrecy.

"This is a small batch, but it's the material the governor's office went to the mat on," said Davis Wright Tremaine LLP attorney Thomas R. Burke, who filed the motion to ...

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