Dear Listmates -
I just attended a CLE conference on legal ethics and in a discussiion on
disqualification Judge Diane Dal Sarto (District Court of State of New
Mexico) frequently used that expression and she tried researching when that
came from but was unable to. She thought it was an obvious reference to the
Great Wall of China.
Someone else later told me was originally "Chinese Curtain" and was a
reference to Chinese emperor's system with his advisors. I remember reading
an article in a Law Journal or Legal Newspaper about some thinking the
expression was racially derogatory. I did not share that opinion, but if
someone can clarify this I would be interested.
Since this is just personal professional curiosity, I cannot justify library
expense using Westlaw or Lexis, but if any other articles containing
information about this i would appreciate hearing from you.
Thank you and ....regards.....Alan Dear
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