When Presiding Justice James Marchiano of California’s 1st District Court of Appeal wanted to find former California Chief Justice Rose Bird’s reference to rocker Bruce Springsteen in a long-ago speech, he turned to the pros.
Not a rock ‘n’ roll historian or a Bird biographer, but to the research staff at the California Judicial Center Library, a facility quietly tucked away within the court complex that encompasses San Francisco’s Earl Warren Building at 350 McAllister St. and the Hiram Johnson Building at 455 Golden Gate Ave.
