Judges and Judiciary
Jul. 8, 2014
A storm of ideas
Lawyers must be highly tuned to the world about them. Success depends on recognizing and confronting the unpleasant vicissitudes of daily life.
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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Code of Civil Procedure Section 170.6 allows a party or an attorney in a civil or criminal action in superior court to file a motion accompanied by an "affidavit of prejudice" to prevent a judge from deciding the case. The moving party need only state, under penalty of perjury, that the judge is prejudiced against the party or attorney. But the section does not require the recitation of facts to supp...
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