Linda Rapattoni

Reporter for the Daily Journal

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Reporter for the Daily Journal based in Sacramento, California

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California's courthouses are falling apart, there aren't enough judges, and lawyers qualified to serve on the bench won’t take the job.  That's according to Chief Justice Ron George in…

Civil Cases Languish in California's Crowded Courts

California's courthouses are falling apart, there aren't enough judges, and lawyers qualified to serve on the bench won’t take the job.  That's according to Chief Justice Ron George in…

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