Joseph Grodin

Joseph Raymond Grodin
Associate Justice of the California Supreme Court
In office
December 27, 1982 – January 5, 1987
Appointed byGovernor Jerry Brown
Preceded byFrank C. Newman
Succeeded byDavid N. Eagleson
Presiding Justice of the California Court of Appeal, First District, Division Two
In office
March 1982 – December 26, 1982
Appointed byGovernor Jerry Brown
Associate Justice of the California Court of Appeal, First District, Division One
In office
July 1979 – March 1982
Appointed byGovernor Jerry Brown
Preceded byNew seat
Personal details
Born (1930-08-30) August 30, 1930 (age 94)
Oakland, California, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Alma materUniversity of California, Berkeley (BA)
Yale Law School (LLB)
London School of Economics (PhD)

Joseph Raymond Grodin (born August 30, 1930)[1] is a lawyer, law professor, and a former Presiding Justice of the California Court of Appeal and an associate justice of the Supreme Court of California.[2] Grodin lost his Supreme Court seat in a contentious 1986 retention election that also removed Justice Cruz Reynoso and Chief Justice Rose Bird.

  1. ^ "Profile: Joseph R. Grodin". San Francisco Examiner. January 5, 1986.
  2. ^ Hearn, Lorie (October 27, 1986) Grodin appeals to voters to examine his opinions. San Diego Union-Tribune