Judges and Judiciary
Oct. 17, 2022
On Unanimous Opinions
Suppose one of the signing Justices did have qualms, but swallowed them in order to accommodate a Chief who seeks "greater force." Doesn't the public have the right to the whole truth: that a signing Justice in fact had reservations about what he or she was signing on to?
Myron Moskovitz
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Moskovitz Appellate Team
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UC Berkeley SOL Boalt Hal
Myron Moskovitz is author of Strategies On Appeal (CEB, 2021; digital: ceb.com; print: https://store.ceb.com/strategies-on-appeal-2) and Winning An Appeal (5th ed., Carolina Academic Press). He is Director of Moskovitz Appellate Team, a group of former appellate judges and appellate research attorneys who handle and consult on appeals and writs. See MoskovitzAppellateTeam.com. The Daily Journal designated Moskovitz Appellate Team as one of California's top boutique law firms. Myron can be contacted at myronmoskovitz@gmail.com or (510) 384-0354. Prior "Moskovitz On Appeal" columns can be found at http://moskovitzappellateteam.com/blog.
My learned friend Jon Eisenberg recently graced these pages with a piece about the increase in unanimous opinions from our California Supreme Court.
A digression. "My learned friend" is an affectation employed by British barristers to describe their opposing counsel. (It's pronounced "ler-ned" - two syllables, with accent on the first syllable - not "lernd".) When I argued a case before the California Supreme Court a couple of years...
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