Sep 17, 2009
Calif. Judges, Attorneys Work Through Court Closures
California courts were shut to the public Wednesday as part of a plan to cut back spending in the wake of $414 million in budget cuts for the judicial branch. But at California’s high court and appellate courts, few justices appeared to take the day off. The only difference, said one judge, “is I’m in jeans and a golf shirt, rather than slacks, dress shirt and tie.” So how is this saving money?