Judges and Judiciary
Aug. 22, 2001
Matter of Opinion
I hold footnotes in contempt. My colleague Judge Learned Foote loves footnotes. Resting his heels on a footstool, he remarked that an idea that didn't fit here or there in an opinion always could be put at the foot of the page.
2nd Appellate District, Division 6
Arthur Gilbert
Presiding Justice
2nd District Court of Appeal, Division 6
UC Berkeley School of Law, 1963
Arthur's previous columns are available on gilbertsubmits.blogspot.com.
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I hold footnotes in contempt. My colleague Judge Learned Foote loves footnotes. Resting his heels on a footstool, he remarked that an idea that didn't fit here or there in an opinion always could be put at the foot of the page.
The affliction that causes one to toss odds and ends into the repository below the line I call Schubert's Syndrome. This malady infects a writer when his or her opinion is unfinished. Where to...
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