Appellate justices have seen just about everything when it comes to bizarre facts in court cases, but every once in a while even they come across a jaw-dropper. That's how it was last week, when a California appeals court agreed to set aside a settlement in a divorce case in which two justices felt an unnamed attorney appeared to act as a "double agent." Justice David Sills wrote, "the husband's attorney literally palmed himself off to the trial court as the wife's attorney."
October 03, 2006 at 12:00 AM
1 minute read
The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
Appellate justices have seen just about everything when it comes to bizarre facts in court cases, but every once in a while even they come across a jaw-dropper.
That’s how it was late Thursday, when Santa Ana’s 4th District Court of Appeal agreed to set aside a settlement in a divorce case in which two justices felt an unnamed attorney appeared to act as a “double agent.”
Presented by BigVoodoo
Join the industry's top owners, investors, developers, brokers & financiers at THE MULTIFAMILY EVENT OF THE YEAR!
Law firms & in-house legal departments with a presence in the middle east celebrate outstanding achievement within the profession.
The premier educational and networking event for employee benefits brokers and agents.
Atlanta s John Marshall Law School is seeking to hire one or more full-time, visiting Legal WritingInstructors to teach Legal Research, Anal...
Lower Manhattan firm seeks a premises liability litigator (i.e., depositions, SJ motions, and/or trials) with at least 3-6 years of experien...
Join the Mendocino County District Attorney s Office and work in Mendocino County home to redwoods, vineyards and picturesque coastline. ...
MELICK & PORTER, LLP PROMOTES CONNECTICUT PARTNERS HOLLY ROGERS, STEVEN BANKS, and ALEXANDER AHRENS
