Controversial 3rd District Court of Appeal Justice Arthur Scotland makes a cameo at 2:15 of this news report. Read our special report on Scotland and the the ethically-challenged Court of Appeal, Third Appellate District.
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07 April 2022
JUSTICE ARTHUR SCOTLAND: Court of Appeal Judges Use Highway Patrol as Personal Uber Security Service
17 May 2017
Justice Vance Raye & 3rd District Appellate Court Hostility to Free Speech Exposed, Again, in Reversal by California Supreme Court
From the California Supreme Court:
Read our Special Report: Sacramento County Family Court Operates as RICO Racketeering Enterprise, Charge Whistleblowers.
"The California Constitution states: "Every person may freely speak, write and publish his or her sentiments on all subjects, being responsible for the abuse of this right. A law may not restrain or abridge liberty of speech or press." (Cal. Const., art. I, § 2, subd. (a).) It also guarantees the rights to "petition government for redress of grievances" and to "assemble freely to consult for the common good." (Id., art. I, § 3, subd. (a).) (3)...
...We do not agree with the Court of Appeal that the Moscone Act and section 1138.1, which are components of a state statutory system for regulating labor relations, and which are modeled on federal law, run afoul of the federal constitutional prohibition on content discrimination in speech regulations. On this basis, we reverse the Court of Appeal's judgment and remand the matter for further proceedings."Ralphs Grocery Company v. United Food and Commercial Workers Local 8.
10 November 2011
Sacramento Superior Court Controversy: Hon. Matthew J. Gary Family Court Ruling Overturned By Third District Court of Appeal in Sacramento
Sacramento Family Court Judge Conducts Improper Investigation, Forensic Analysis on Allegedly Drunken Signature - Ruling Gets Reversed
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Judge Matthew Gary's decision in the Seaton case was overturned on appeal. |
The black eye comes two and a half years after the judge botched a criminal case requiring the Third District Court of Appeal to reverse the conviction of Daniel Ray Maier. The Maier decision, People v. Maier, was unpublished, but can be viewed at Google Scholar.
The 3rd District decision in Seaton indicates that Gary sought to harshly punish Patricia Seaton for what the judge perceived to be credibility, if not morality issues. The reviewing court noted that Gary's credibility determinations were unrelated to the facts and law relevant to deciding the legal issues in the case. Gary also assumed the role of expert witness and advocate in a unilateral determination that signatures on a 1988 marriage license were not made by a person who was drunk.
The order issued by Gary nullified the 17-year marriage of Patricia and Jeffrey Seaton on the ground that Patricia was married to another man at the time of her marriage to Jeffrey. Gary also denied Patricia's claim that she was a de facto, or putative spouse. The rulings stripped Patricia of all property, support, attorney fees/costs and other rights associated with a marriage or domestic partnership.
Gary's order awarded Jeffrey all assets and property that, had the marriage been valid, would have been community property. According to the judge, the lengthy marriage was void - as if it never happened.
The 3rd District disagrees: To continue reading, click Read more >> below: