Hundreds of Superior Court Judges in Los Angeles County
Did you know there are over 400 judges in Los Angeles County? But, more than this fact, do you know how our tax dollars were being spent on these judges? Take a look at an an April 2, 2009 article: http://www.atr.org/california-tax-hikes-paying-over-county-a3087#.
Yet, in October 2008, a court of appeals judge determined that the “extra perks” these L.A. judges were enjoying was found to have a conflict of interest and therefore deemed unconstitutional. Please click on this link to read the outcome: http://www.law.com/jsp/ca/PubArticleCA.jsp?id=1202425240260&slreturn=1&hbxlogin=1
Check out this next link about a maverick former attorney Richard Fine who shined a big flashlight onto this judicial problem:
http://www.callawyer.com/story.cfm?eid=911866&evid=1.
Reference
Judges, 20, Feb 2009. Judgepedia.org. http://judgepedia.org/index.php/Superior_Court_of_Los_Angeles_County,_California (4/17/11)
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