
By John Roemer
Daily Journal Staff Writer
SAN FRANCISCO - From the first, Alex Kozinski relished playing the iconoclastic maverick and finding it can pay off. Soon after getting his degree from UCLA School of Law in 1975, he sued Los Angeles Chief of Police Darryl Gates and others, making a federal case of a speeding ticket he'd gotten.
Kozinski prevailed on his claim that the ticket incorrectly told him to appear on a Thursday night even though the... (continued)