Raymond L. Sullivan
{{Short description|American judge (1907–1999)}}
{{Other people|Raymond Sullivan}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Raymond L. Sullivan
| image = File:Raymond L. Sullivan.png
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| office = Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of California
| termstart = December 20, 1966
| termend = January 19, 1977
| nominator =
| appointer = Governor Pat Brown
| predecessor = Paul Peek
| successor = Wiley W. Manuel
| office2 = Presiding Justice of the California Courts of Appeal, First District
| term_start2 = 1964
| term_end2 = December 19, 1966
| predecessor2 =
| successor2 =
| office3 = Associate Justice of the California Courts of Appeal, First District
| term_start3 = 1961
| term_end3 = 1964
| predecessor3 =
| successor3 =
| birth_date = {{birth date|1907|1|23}}
| birth_place = San Francisco, California, U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|1999|10|20|1907|1|23}}
| death_place = San Francisco, California, U.S.
| spouse = Winifred F. Carreras
| alma_mater = University of San Francisco (BA, JD, LLM)
}}
Raymond Lawrence Sullivan (January 23, 1907 – October 20, 1999){{cite web|title=Justice Raymond L. Sullivan|url=http://scocal.stanford.edu/justice/justice-raymond-l-sullivan-34217|publisher=Robert Crown Law Library, Stanford Law School|access-date=June 12, 2017}} was an associate justice of the Supreme Court of California from December 20, 1966, to January 19, 1977.
Biography
Born in San Francisco, California, the son of Frank Harrold Sullivan (1887-1948) and Florence Mary Smith (1881-1942), Raymond attended public schools until 1920, and graduated from St. Ignatius High School in 1924.{{cite web|title=Past Recipients of Christ the King Award|url=http://www.siprep.org/page.cfm?p=7361|publisher=St. Ignatius College Prep|access-date=June 12, 2017}} He was educated at St. Ignatius College, which in 1930 was renamed the University of San Francisco, receiving his A.B. magna cum laude in 1928. He continued his studies and was awarded his J.D. in 1930, graduating first in his class, and LL.M. in 1933.{{cite web|title=Alumni: Service: 5 state Supreme Court Justices|url=https://www.usfca.edu/magazine/summer-2016/100000-strong|publisher=University of San Francisco|access-date=June 12, 2017}}{{cite web|title=Entry for Raymond Lawrence Sullivan (deceased)|url=http://members.calbar.ca.gov/fal/MemberSearch/QuickSearch?FreeText=raymond%20l.%20sullivan|publisher=California Bar Association|access-date=June 12, 2017}}
After graduation, Sullivan entered private practice by forming the firm of Malone and Sullivan, where he worked for the next 28 years. His law partner, William M. Malone, was also Chairman of the Democratic Party in California during much of the Roosevelt and Truman administrations.
Sullivan was named Associate Justice of the Court of Appeal, First Appellate District, Division One, 1961 – 1964, and was then the Presiding Justice from 1964 to 1966.{{cite web|title=List of Past and Present Justices|url=http://www.courts.ca.gov/2344.htm|publisher=California Courts of Appeal|access-date=June 12, 2017}}{{cite news|title=Retired High Court Justice Dies|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-oct-22-mn-25040-story.html|access-date=June 12, 2017|work=Los Angeles Times|date=October 22, 1999}} On December 20, 1966, Sullivan was appointed by Governor Pat Brown the 88th justice of the Supreme Court, succeeding Justice Paul Peek, who retired.{{cite news|title=Obituary: Raymond Sullivan|url=http://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/Raymond-Sullivan-2900015.php|access-date=June 12, 2017|work=San Francisco Chronicle|date=October 22, 1999}}{{cite book|last1=Braitman|first1=Jacqueline R.|last2=Uelmen|first2=Gerald F.|title=Justice Stanley Mosk: A Life at the Center of California Politics and Justice|date=2012|publisher=McFarland|page=137|isbn=9780786468416|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ztAzK7_RGggC&q=Presiding+Justice+of+the+California+Court+of+Appeal+First+District+1966&pg=PA137|access-date=June 12, 2017}}
Among Sullivan's notable cases are Serrano v. Priest (1971),Serrano v. Priest (1971) 5 Cal. 3d 584, 619. in which he addressed the inequality of public school financing.{{cite journal|last1=Cohen|first1=Marsha N.|title=Summaries of Justice Raymond L. Sullivan's Majority Opinions on the Supreme Court of California|journal=Hastings L.J.|date=1994|volume=46|page=295|url=http://repository.uchastings.edu/faculty_scholarship/81/|access-date=June 12, 2017}} He authored the opinion in Li v. Yellow Cab Co. (1975)Li v. Yellow Cab Co., 13 Cal.3d 804, 532 P.2d 1226 (1975). that abolished the "contributory negligence" rule and replaced it with the "comparative negligence" rule, making it easier for injured people to collect compensation. He also wrote the court's opinion in Castro v. State (1970),[http://law.justia.com/cases/california/supreme-court/3d/2/223.html Castro v. State], 2 Cal. 3d 224, 466 P.2d 244 (1970). which struck down a provision of the California Constitution that disenfranchised citizens who were literate in Spanish but not in the English language.{{cite journal|last1=Zuckerman|first1=Michael A.|title=Constitutional Clash: When English-Only Meets Voting Rights|journal=Yale Law & Policy Review|date=2009|volume=28|issue=2|page=357|url=http://digitalcommons.law.yale.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1595&context=ylpr|access-date=June 12, 2017}}
After stepping down from the bench on January 19, 1977, Sullivan taught for 15 years at the University of California, Hastings College of the Law, retiring in 1993.{{cite journal|title=Hastings Community|journal=Hastings Alumni Publications|date=Fall 1992|volume=81|page=24|url=http://repository.uchastings.edu/alumni_mag/81|access-date=August 23, 2017|publisher=Hastings College of the Law Alumni Association|location=San Francisco, CA}}
Honors and awards
In 1975, the California Trial Lawyers Association named him appellate judge of the year.{{cite web|title=Law Briefs|url=http://www.sddt.com/News/article.cfm?SourceCode=l991025tbg&_t=Law+Briefs#.WT7uVevytaR|publisher=San Diego Source|access-date=June 12, 2017|date=January 2, 1999}} The University of San Francisco bestowed on Sullivan an honorary LL.D. and the St. Thomas More Award. In 1998, the Alumni Association of the Law School presented him with the Distinguished Alumnus Award. The chair, Hon. Raymond L. Sullivan Professor of Law, at the UC Hastings College of Law is endowed in his honor.{{cite web|title=Marsha Cohen, The Honorable Raymond L. Sullivan Professor of Law|url=http://www.uchastings.edu/faculty/cohen/index.php|publisher=UC Hastings College of Law|access-date=June 12, 2017}}{{cite book|author-link1=Dedication to Raymond Sullivan|editor1-last=McDevitt|editor1-first=Ray|title=Courthouses of California: an illustrated history|date=2001|publisher=Heyday Press|page=vii|isbn=9781890771492|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dcTdhgTN7bMC&q=Presiding+Justice+of+the+California+Court+of+Appeal+First+District+1966&pg=PR7|access-date=June 12, 2017}}
Personal life
Sullivan married Winifred F. Carreras (April 24, 1911 – April 14, 1997), a school teacher, and they had five children.{{cite journal|title=Remarks of Hon. Anna G. Eshoo: Tribute to Sheila (Sullivan) Peterson|journal=Congressional Record (Bound Volumes): Volume 150, Part 19|date=December 7, 2004|volume=150|issue=19|page=25748|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1pqg0zUMAIYC&q=%22winifred+carreras%22+%22raymond+sullivan%22&pg=PT715|access-date=June 12, 2017|publisher=Government Printing Office|location=Washington, D.C.}}{{cite news|title=Obituary: Sheila Mary Sullivan Peterson|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/sfgate/obituary.aspx?n=sheila-mary-sullivan-peterson&pid=110330780|access-date=June 12, 2017|work=San Francisco Chronicle|publisher=Legacy.com|date=May 25, 2008}}
See also
References
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Sources
- Tobriner, Mathew O. (March 31, 1977). [http://scholarship.law.berkeley.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2414&context=californialawreview "Justice Raymond L. Sullivan"], California Law Review 65(2): 227–229.
- Cohen, Marsha N. (1994). [http://repository.uchastings.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1081&context=faculty_scholarship "Justice Sullivan: The Teacher"], 46 Hastings L.J. 3.
External links
- [http://www.cschs.org/history/california-supreme-court-justices/raymond-l-sullivan/ Raymond L. Sullivan], California Supreme Court Historical Society.
- [https://www.courtlistener.com/person/3853/raymond-l-sullivan/ Raymond Sullivan court opinions]. Courtlistener.com.
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