Legal Opinion
Los Angeles County Bar Ass'n v. Eu
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided October 30, 1992No. 91-55876PublishedCited by 159 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
O’SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge:
The Los Angeles County Bar Association challenges the constitutionality of a California statute which prescribes the number of judges on the Superior Court for Los Angeles County. The Bar Association asserts that a shortage of state court judges causes inordinate delays in civil litigation, depriving litigants of access to the courts. The Bar Association also claims the statute denies local litigants equal protection of the laws because it forces them to suffer longer delays than litigants in neighboring counties. The federal district court granted summary judgment…
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