Gladys Towles Root
Cecilia Rasmussen’s article on Gladys Towles Root (Feb. 6) brought back memories of her frequent appearances before me when I sat on the Superior Court.
Her flamboyant costumes and picturesque hats were admittedly deliberate attempts to be the focus of all attention whenever she appeared in court.
But she ran into difficulty with one of my colleagues. The late Judge Charles Burnell had an unyielding policy, that since men must do so, women must also remove their hats in his courtroom. I suspect Gladys Root did not fully appreciate that form of sex equality.
JUSTICE STANLEY MOSK
California Supreme Court
San Francisco
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