Letters
Sep. 8, 2022
Unanimity at the California Supreme Court: it takes a village
Jon B. Eisenberg
Email: jon@eisenbergappeals.com
Jon is a retired appellate attorney and the author of California Practice Guide: Civil Appeals and Writs.
David A. Carrillo and Stephen M. Duvernay recently posited that Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye's "personal leadership style," which encourages consensus, has been responsible for increasing unanimity at the California Supreme Court during her tenure as Chief Justice of California. (Carrillo & Duvernay, The secret to SCOCA's consensus, Daily Journal, June 20.) There is, however, a more likely explanation for this increase - the departures of Justices Stan...
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