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Aug. 20, 2009

Relishing the Spar

U.S. District Judge Charles R. Breyer says he finds the argumentative banter of the lawyers in his San Francisco courtroom 'intellectually stimulating.'

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Relishing the Spar

Charles R. Breyer

U.S. District Court (San Francisco)
United States District Court for the Northern District of California
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By Rebecca Beyer
Daily Journal Staff Writer

There were lawyers in front of U.S. District Judge Charles R. Breyer on a recent Friday, but he didn't really need them.

The San Francisco federal judge was doing both their jobs, arguing first one side and then the other, stabbing with his index finger to hammer his points - or theirs - home.

Once he'd finished, he drew a breath.

"When I read all this, I was trying to figure out w... (continued)

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