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Oct. 22, 2006

Settlement Savvy

LOS ANGELES - A bookcase behind the desk of U.S. District Judge James Otero provides a seemingly incongruous pairing. 

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U.S. District Court, Central (Los Angeles)
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By Drew Combs
Daily Journal Staff Writer

LOS ANGELES - A bookcase behind the desk of U.S. District Judge James Otero provides a seemingly incongruous pairing.

One of the shelves holds both a photo of conservative standard-bearer Ronald Reagan and a photo of liberal Democratic Congressman Edward R. Roybal.

But Otero, a native of Roybal's Boyle Heights stronghold, and a Republican since he could vote, does not view this homage to each man as someh... (continued)

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