Is a clerk of municipal court a lawyer who is not a lawyer?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Gordon v. Justice Court of Yuba City, Sutter County, 108 Cal.Rptr. 912, 33 Cal.App.3d 230 (Cal. App. 1973):
In Shadwick v. City of Tampa (1972) 407 U.S. 345, 92 S.Ct. 2119, 32 L.Ed.2d 783, it was held that although clerks of municipal courts were not lawyers or
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