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- California Supreme Court decision opens new avenue for sexual harassment lawsuits.(News)
- Byline: ROBERTO CENICEROS SAN FRANCISCO-Employers in California face new employment practices liabilities arising from sexual affair-linked favoritism by managers, following a ruling by the state's Supreme Court last week. In a unanimous decision, California's high court ruled that employees can sue...
- Research articles 2005-07-25
- The Orloff Case: California Supreme Court Holds that Public Enforcement Agencies Can Bring Action Against CPUC-Regulated Entities.
- Morrison & Foerster has been monitoring developments in a case recently decided by the California Supreme Court which may have important consequences for companies seeking judicial relief against public utilities regulated by the California Public Utilities Commission ("CPUC"). Public Utilities Code Section 1759 provides that no California court, except the...
- Research articles 2004-01-13
- Sea Scout case goes to high court
- Berkeley's refusal to provide a free municipal marina berth to a group connected to the Boy Scouts of America, which doesn't allow gay members or leaders, will be reviewed by the California Supreme Court. The state's highest court decided Wednesday to hear the appeal of the Berkeley Sea...
- Research articles 2003-03-27
- State Bar Court Recommends Disbarment of Immigration Attorney
- News Editors and Government/Legal Writers SAN FRANCISCO--BUSINESS WIRE--Sept. 4, 2002 The State Bar Court Review Department has affirmed a recommendation that San Francisco immigration attorney Miguel Gadda (#64832) be disbarred from the practice of law for multiple acts of misconduct, including five instances in which his clients were...
- Research articles 2002-09-04
- Court TV's Legal Questions Column.
- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 22 -- ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON LEGAL ISSUES: The information provided is general in nature; consult with an attorney or legal expert for specific advice on your case. QUESTION: If two unmarried people who lived together...
- Research articles 1999-03-22
- Lawyers differ on effect of whistleblower ruling
- JUDY GREENWALD SAN FRANCISCO - A California Supreme Court ruling that gives whistleblowers greater leeway to sue their former employers for wrongful termination will lead to more lawsuits, say some attorneys. But other attorneys contend the decision in Richard Green vs. Ralee-Engineering Co. is narrow...
- Research articles 1998-09-14
- Lawyers differ on effect of whistleblower ruling.
- SAN FRANCISCO - A California Supreme Court ruling that gives whistleblowers greater leeway to sue their former employers for wrongful termination will lead to more lawsuits, say some attorneys. But other attorneys contend the decision in Richard Green vs. Ralee-Engineering Co. is narrow and not a...
- Research articles 1998-09-14
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- Santa Ana ordinance upheld.(A Santa Ana, California, law prohibiting camping and the storage of personal property in public places is upheld by the California Supreme Court)
- On a 6-1 vote, the California Supreme Court ruled that a strict Santa Ana law barring camping and the storing of personal property in public areas does not violate the constitutional rights of homeless people. The case was the first of its kind to reach a state...
- Research articles 1995-05-01
- Unanimous California Supreme Court Reverses Death Penalty Because Los Angeles Prosecutors Withheld Evidence of Innocence, Notes Quinn Emanuel Partner George Hedges
- LOS ANGELES -- Today in a rare unanimous decision the California Supreme Court found that San Quentin inmate Adam Miranda was wrongly sentenced to death because district attorneys, including senior District Attorney Curt Hazell and now sitting judges Lance Ito and Frederic Horn, withheld confessions to the killing by the...
- Research articles 2008-05-05
- Calif. Supreme Court Says Some Cleanups Not Covered.(Brief Article)
- The California Supreme Court, in a 5-2 ruling that could have a significant impact on environmental cleanup activities, said insurers are not bound to cover a company's costs arising from decrees issued by a regulatory agency, but only those stemming from court orders. ...
- Research articles 2001-02-19
- My peers? Yeah, right.(item from 'Fat Girl' indicates that the California Supreme Court upheld the right to remove a juror who was 'overweight and poorly groomed')(Beat the Devil)(Brief Article)(Column)
- And talking of FIJA, here's an apropos item from Fat Girl a Zine for Fat Dykes and the Women Who Want Them: California's 1st District Court of Appeal has upheld the Superior Court's decision to allow Alameda County Deputy District Attorney William Tingle to remove...
- Research articles 1995-07-31
- State Farm tries to silent whistleblower. (Amy Girod Zuniga) (California)
- Amy Girod Zuniga was a litigation unit handler for State Farm Insurance Co and, once she left, revealed many fraudulent practices, including ones implicated in pending litigation. State Farm attempted to silence her using a strategic lawsuits against public participation suit after her testimony had resulted in a reversal of...
- Research articles 1997-08-01
- SCAQMD to litigate judicial reversal
- * The National Paint and Coatings Association NPCA is "disappointed" with the South Coast Air Quality Management District's decision to ask the California Supreme Court to overturn a recent appellate decision that had voiced SCAQMD's paint rule. According to Jeff Margulies, NPCA's attorney, SCAQMD's decision to appeal the case...
- Research articles 2002-09-01
- US lesbian denied fertility treatment sues Catholic docs
- LOS ANGELES AFP — A woman whose doctors refused her infertility treatment because she is a lesbian has sued before California's Supreme Court, her attorney said. "Our client's doctors' behavior goes against established medical ethics and violates California civil rights law," said Lambda Legal attorney Jennifer Pizer in a...
- Research articles 2006-04-25
- US government to fight for right to keep 'God' in pledge
- WASHINGTON AFP — The US government said it would fight a court ruling that declared the Pledge of Allegiance in schools unconstitutional because it includes the words "under God." "For more than two hundred years, many of our expressions of national identity and patriotism have referenced God," Attorney General...
- Research articles 2005-09-15
- ACRU Files Brief Supporting Sea Scouts vs. City Of Berkeley
- ARLINGTON, Va., Sept. 13 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The American Civil Rights Union ACRU joined with former California state Attorney General and now Congressman Dan Lungren to file a friend of the court brief today in the United States Supreme Court in support of the Sea Scouts in Berkeley, Calif. The...
- Research articles 2006-09-13
- Pot case heard at the top
- WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Lawyers for the government and for an Oakland woman sparred with Supreme Court justices Monday on whether Congress should butt out of medical marijuana use in California and other states with "compassion- ate use" laws. At issue is the constitutionality of the...
- Research articles 2004-11-30
- Battle between states, EPA over emissions intensifies
- SACRAMENTO -- Both the legal and legislative fight between states and the U.S. government over global warming intensified Wednesday, with leaked documents raising questions about federal actions and a group of states giving the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency a deadline before filing a second lawsuit. California Attorney...
- Research articles 2008-01-24
- Battle between states, EPA over emissions intensifies
- SACRAMENTO -- Both the legal and legislative fight between states and the U.S. government over global warming intensified Wednesday, with leaked documents raising questions about federal actions and a group of states giving the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency a deadline before filing a second lawsuit. California Attorney...
- Research articles 2008-01-24
- Emissions battle between states, EPA intensifies
- SACRAMENTO -- Both the legal and legislative fight between states and the U.S. government over global warming intensified Wednesday, with leaked documents raising questions about federal actions and a group of states giving the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency a deadline before filing a second lawsuit. California Attorney...
- Research articles 2008-01-24
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