SAN FRANCISCO, May 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Waukeen McCoy, a San Francisco attorney who successfully argued the Gay Marriage case before the California Supreme Court commented that "this is a monumental victory for the civil rights movement; the California Supreme Court overturned voter-approved discrimination." McCoy was the lead Plaintiffs'...
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...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Sierra Pacific Industries SPI announced today that the California Supreme Court handed it a decisive victory in a case involving the environmental review process for three Timber Harvesting Plans THPs. The case was brought by anti-logging activists who challenged the approval of the plans for harvesting SPI's...
T.R. Knight Hosts, Judy Shepard Presides, Mayor Officiates a Celebration of "LOVE and PRIDE" in an Effort to Erase Hate June 4, 2008 at the Abbey in West Hollywood
WASHINGTON -- The American Center for Law and Justice ACLJ, specializing in constitutional law, said today it is extremely pleased that the California Supreme Court has denied review in an appeal involving a case challenging the constitutionality of a San Diego ballot initiative in which voters overwhelmingly approved a measure...
E.M.M.I., Inc. v. Zurich American Ins. Co., 84 P. 3d 38, 9 Cal. Reptr. 3d 701 (California Supreme Court--February 23, 2004) E.M.M.I., Inc. v. Zurich American Ins. Co., 84 P. 3d 38, 9 Cal. Reptr. 3d 701 (California Supreme Court--February 23, 2004)
A sharply divided California Supreme Court ruled Thursday that cities can no longer seize automobiles whose drivers are arrested for allegedly buying drugs or soliciting prostitutes. The ruling overturns the laws of more than two dozen cities from Oakland to Los Angeles that allowed police to seize an automobile immediately...
The California Supreme Court ruled that the public does not have a right to personnel or other records of police officers, challenging their discipline or firing. Police officers are different than other government ... The California Supreme Court ruled that the public does not...
On August 26, 2004, the California Supreme Court released its eagerly awaited opinion in Sav-On Drug Stores, Inc. v. Superior Court, -- Cal.4th --, 2004 WL 1902370 (2004). For several years now, California has been the battleground over a uniquely c On August 26, 2004,...
LOS ANGELES -- In two rulings last week in Delgado v. Trax Bar & Grill and Morris v. Silvino de la Torre, the California Supreme Court found that businesses and landowners can be held responsible for criminal assaults that take place on their property.
This article says that an employer may avoid liability for harassment that does not involve an adverse employment action (e.g., termination or demotion) if the employer can demonstrate: (1) it took reasonable steps to prevent and promptly correct sexual harassment in the workplace, and (2) the aggrieved employee unreasonably failed...
The California Supreme Court unanimously rules that employees who work for religious for discrimination based on race, sex, age, and other state-banned distinctions. Previously, religious institutions in the state were exempt from such lawsuits under most circumstances.
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 12 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Today the California Supreme Court ruled that the City of San Francisco did not have the authority to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples earlier this year and invalidated the marriage licenses issued to morLOS ANGELES, Aug. 12 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Today the...