LEE v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. B062791.

9 Cal.App.4th 510 (1992)

11 Cal. Rptr.2d 763

RUSSELL LAWRENCE LEE, Petitioner and Appellant, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF VENTURA COUNTY, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Six.

September 10, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Russell Lawrence Lee, in pro. per., for Petitioner and Appellant.

James L. McBride, County Counsel, and Frank O. Sieh, Assistant County Counsel, for Respondent.


OPINION

YEGAN, J.

Approximately 10 years ago, the California Supreme Court publicly censured a superior court judge for his use of racial epithets, including the word "nigger." (In re Stevens (1982) 31 Cal.3d 403, 404 [645 P.2d 99].) Ironically, today, we are compelled to rule upon an African-American's request for court authorization to change his name...

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