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May 13, 2021

The Heavy

1st District Court of Appeal Justice James Richman doesn’t hold back when he feels litigants or their attorneys have crossed a line.

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In 1965, when 1st District Court of Appeal Justice James A. Richman was clerking for the late Justice Raymond L. Sullivan, also of the 1st District, the pair would sit together to discuss cases.

Sullivan always asked for the names of the attorneys and, occasionally, when Richman relayed them, Sullivan would complain: "'Oh no, not X again,'" Richman remembered in a recent interview. "He'd explain to me that this guy had vi... (continued)

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