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Jan. 17, 2018

Amiable but Effective

5th District Court of Appeal Justice M. Bruce Smith scores points with a wry sense of humor.

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Amiable but Effective

M. Bruce Smith

5th District Court of Appeal (Fresno)
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FRESNO — Early in his tenure on the 5th District Court of Appeal, M. Bruce Smith experienced something many justices never see in decades: all dissent and no concurrences with an opinion he authored, with the panel split between three opinions.

It was a case about state authority related to federal land use for Indian gaming casinos, and Smith’s disagreement with Justices Jennifer R.S. Detjen and Donald R. Franson Jr., b... (continued)

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