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Stephen Barnett
BornDecember 25, 1935
Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
DiedOctober 13, 2009(2009-10-13) (aged 73)
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Occupation(s)law professor and legal scholar
SpouseKarine Barnett

Stephen Roger Barnett (December 25, 1935 – October 13, 2009) was an American law professor and legal scholar who campaigned against the

California Supreme Court
for practices that hid information from the public.

Biography

Barnett was born on December 25, 1935, in the

Berkeley Law School, where he spent almost the entirety of his career until his retirement in 2003.[1] The exception was a stint as an assistant solicitor general in the United States Department of Justice, where Barnett argued cases before the Supreme Court from 1977 until 1979.[2]

A leading critic[3] of the Newspaper Preservation Act of 1970, which was intended to allow multiple newspapers in the same city to survive by forming joint operating agreements to share revenues and cut costs, argued that the unintended consequence of the legislation was the consolidation and development of large nationwide newspaper chains.[1] These agreements often resulted in the demise of the weaker paper once the agreement was ended.[2]

In his article The Dog That Did Not Bark,

California Court of Appeals be excluded from publication,[5] which means that it becomes impossible to cite the decision in later legal actions,[6] making the court less open and accountable. His criticism of the Commission on Judicial Performance in California led to a 1999 decision requiring it to disclose how each member voted in actions it takes.[1]

Barnett died at age 73 died on October 13, 2009, in Oakland, California, of cardiac arrest. He was survived by his wife, Karine, as well as by a son, Alexander Barnett, and a stepson, Levon Barnett.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d Grimes, William. "Stephen Barnett, a Leading Legal Scholar, Dies at 73", The New York Times, October 21, 2009. Accessed May 28, 2024.
  2. ^ a b Egelko, Bob. "Stephen Barnett, UC law professor, dies", San Francisco Chronicle, October 21, 2009. Accessed October 22, 2009.
  3. Cincinnati Magazine
    , March 1992. Accessed October 22, 2009.
  4. ^ Stephen R. Barnett, "The Dog that did not Bark: No-Citation Rules, Judicial Conference Rulemaking, and Federal Public Defenders", Washington and Lee Law Review, Vol. 62, No. 4 (2005).
  5. California Constitution, Article VI, Sec. 14, and California Rules of Court
    Rule 8.1105(e)(2).
  6. ^ CRC Rule 8.1115.
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