1. Mathew Oscar Tobriner was an American lawyer and law professor who served as an associate justice of the California Supreme Court from 1962 to 1982.
11 Facts About Mathew Tobriner
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Mathew Tobriner continued his graduate studies at the University of California, Berkeley, where he was awarded a Doctor of Juridical Science in 1932.
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From 1932 to 1936, during the New Deal administration of President Franklin D Roosevelt, Tobriner served as chief attorney in the solicitor's office of the United States Department of Agriculture.
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From 1958 to 1959, Mathew Tobriner taught as an associate professor at the University of California, Hastings College of the Law.
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In November 1974, Mathew Tobriner stood for re-election and was retained.
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In 1976, as one of the three members on the California Commission on Judicial Appointments, Mathew Tobriner cast the deciding vote in approving the nomination of Rose Bird as the first female Chief Justice of the California Supreme Court.
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In 1976, Tobriner wrote the decision of Tarasoff v Regents of the University of California, 17 Cal.
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In 1978, as Acting Chief Justice, Tobriner wrote the decision in the products liability case Barker v Lull Engineering Co.
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In January 1982, Mathew Tobriner retired from the high court and his seat was filled by Governor Jerry Brown's appointment of Cruz Reynoso.
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Mathew Tobriner was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws from both the Santa Clara University and the University of San Diego.
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Michael's son, Ben Wildman-Mathew Tobriner, is the 2007 World Aquatics Champion in 50-meter freestyle swimming and won a gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics.