YOLO COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION

P.O. Box 1903

Woodland, CA 95776 www.yolobar.com

Newsletter October 2003

OCTOBER BAR MEETING
October 16, 2003 Meeting, Carrousel Restaurant at 12 noon
(417 Main Street, Woodland):
"That Supremacy Clause is Murder!"

Our MCLE program for this month will feature the Honorable Judge Timothy L. Fall.

Judge Fall will discuss the circumstances of Cunningham v. Neagle, 135 U.S. 1, 10 S.Ct. 658, 34 L.Ed. 55. The case involves an annulment petition, fraud, insolent remarks from an excited and violent lady, a threat to

horsewhip a judge, a drawn bowie knife, and a justice of the Supreme Court sitting at breakfast with the federal marshal assigned to protect him. When the marshal kills the assailant --can he be brought before the state courts for homicide?

The Yolo County Bar Association has been approved as a provider of Minimum Continuing Legal Education by the State Bar of California. This program will provide one (1) hour MCLE credit!
Advance reservations are greatly appreciated. You may RSVP right back from this newsletter for the meeting to Lisa Lance by email (another great benefit for having your newsletter delivered via email), or you may mail a check in the appropriate amount ($15) to Jim Nolan C/O Yolo County Bar Association, P.O. Box 1903, Woodland, CA 95776. Alternatively, you may phone Jim Nolan at (530) 662-2859, or, finally, you may register at the door.
The cost for the lunch is $15.

OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION SUBMITTED BY MEMBERS (Please submit information to Lisa Lance no later than the first Friday of the month)

1) According to news in the Woodland Democrat and Davis Enterprise on October 11, 2003,
Congratulations to Dave Rosenberg on his appointment to the Yolo County Bench!

2) Yolo County Superior Court Department 7 is soon to be Department 11, located across Court Street

and Third Street from the main Courthouse

3) The following obituary from the Sacramento Bee was submitted regarding an establishment attorney in Yolo County:

Obituary: Ervin F. Vaughan was Yolo County civic leader

By Steve Gibson -- Bee Staff Writer
Published 2:15 a.m. PDT Friday, October 10, 2003

Ervin F. Vaughan, a civic leader and attorney in West Sacramento who once served on the Yolo County Board of Supervisors, died at home Tuesday.

He was 86.

The cause was complications from dementia, said his daughter, Maggie Gunn.

County Supervisor Mike McGowan called him an early booster of West Sacramento and "a true believer in the future of this community back in the dark days when we were strictly all potential."

"He was one of those guys who laid the foundation for what West Sacramento's become today, a guy who poured his heart and soul into this community," McGowan said.

A Hanford native who was reared in Oakland and who distinguished himself as an amateur boxer, Mr. Vaughan served as a merchant seaman during World War II.

While working as a refrigeration engineer, he attended evening classes at McGeorge School of Law in Sacramento, graduating in 1953. The next year, he began a general practice in West Sacramento with partners Clint Murphy and James Roach. He retired in the early 1990s.

Along the way, he worked briefly as a prosecutor for then-Yolo County District Attorney Anthony Avilla.

In 1966, he was appointed by then-Gov. Edmund G. "Pat" Brown to represent District 1 on the Board of Supervisors, filling a vacancy created by the death of Sam Coombs. Later that year, in seeking election to the post, Mr. Vaughan was defeated by Art Edmonds.

Among other things, Mr. Vaughan was a director of the West Sacramento Little League, a past president of the West Sacramento Community Council and an active member of the Kiwanis Club.

"He was one of those unsung heroes you don't hear much about," McGowan said.

He married the former Eva Kriski on June 18, 1941. They had two children, including a son who preceded him in death. His first wife died in 1985. Sixteen years ago, he married Diane Alpers.

In 1988, he was inducted into the Bay Area Boxing Hall of Fame. A welterweight, he used to volunteer his time giving boxing lessons to youngsters at the Broderick Christian Center, his daughter said.

"Boxing was important to him," she said. "His advice, no matter what the problem, was always to 'keep punching.'"

About the Writer
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The Bee's Steve Gibson can be reached at (916) 321-1085 or .

Ervin Vaughan

Born: Sept. 6, 1917

Died: Oct. 7, 2003

Remembered for: His contributions as a West Sacramento civic leader and attorney.

Survived by: Wife, Diane Alpers of West Sacramento; daughter, Maggie Gunn of Scottsdale, Ariz.; and three grandchildren.

Memorial services: None

YCBA 2003 MEETING SCHEDULE

Mark your schedules for the entire year. Normally, the YCBA Meetings are at Noon on the third Thursday of each month. Here are the upcoming dates:

October 16, noon @Carrousel, Woodland: Judge Fall, tentatively, topic TBA

November 20, noon @ Carrousel, Woodland: TBA

December 18, noon @ TBA

Your 2003 YCBA Officers:

DeKristie Adams, President (530) 750-1919 or dekristi@omsoft.com

Barry Melton, Vice President (530) 666-8165 or bmelton@yolocounty.org

Jim Nolan, Treasurer (530) 662-2859 or jvnolan@yololaw.com

Lisa Lance, Secretary (530) 304-6111 or llance@yolocounty.org

Please contact Lisa Lance if you have not submitted your 2003 Renewal/Membership Application and paid your dues and she will send out an application to your office. This is the eighth newsletter sent out in email format. If you have any problems with reading this newsletter, please contact Lisa as well. For those persons still receiving your newsletter by mail, please advise Lisa of your email address if you do not wish to have her send the newsletter to you via email rather than mail. Thank you for assisting your bar association with this changeover.