U.S. Government Needs to Keep Out of God Business
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Forum Column - By Edward Tabash - Those of us who do not believe in God are the most unjustly despised minority in the country...
'Tahoe-Sierra' Will Encourage Use of State's Moratorium Law
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Focus Column - By Daniel J. Curtin Jr. - The U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision in Tahoe-Sierra Preservation Council Inc....
Grand Jury's Speed Alarms Some
By David Houston
LOS ANGELES - The dizzying speed with which prosecutors obtained an indictment against two Inglewood police officers accused i...
Jurist's Inscrutable Arithmetic to Increase Sentences Doesn't Pass Muster
By Garry Abrams
Column by Garry Abrams - While somewhere there may live an alchemist who can transform 71 grams of meth into 151 grams of meth...
Youth Newspaper Staff Visits Daily Journal
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Dicta Column - By Demetrice D. and Benjamin C. - On Friday, May 17, 2002, eight minors from Camp David Gonzales went to visit ...
9th Circuit Confusion
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Dicta Column - By Paul O'Brien - To paraphrase Art Linkletter, laymen say the darnedest things. In my capacity as the chair of...
Funds May Recover Some Losses From Banks
By Leslie Simmons
LOS ANGELES - Three public pension funds that filed a proposed class action against WorldCom Inc. have little chance of recove...
Hospital Will Stay Open Despite Court Order
By Leslie Simmons
LOS ANGELES - Daniel Freeman Marina Hospital will remain open for now, despite a court ruling denying a temporary restraining ...
Fax Firm's Attorney Denies Stonewalling AG
By Leslie Simmons
LOS ANGELES-The attorney for a fax company accused of failing to remove business and consumer names from its unsolicited fax l...
Jurist Resistant To Dread Black Robe Disease
By Donna Domino
SAN FRANCISCO - In Stanislaus County's legal community, newcomer Superior Court Judge Wray Ladine set such a new standard for ...
New Lawyer's Services Are on the House
By Jenna Bordelon
SANTA ANA - Family law attorney Stephen N. Livingston doesn't want anyone to pay for his services. A few years ago, however, L...
Firms in Smog Fee Case Fight to Keep Revoked Award
By Hudson Sangree
SACRAMENTO - A state appeal court gave no clear sign Wednesday whether it will restore an award of $88.5 million in legal fees...
High Court Takes Overtime Suit
By Philip Carrizosa
SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court agreed Wednesday to decide whether class actions are the appropriate vehicle for ...
9th Circuit Fallout
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Dicta Column - By Paul O'Brien - To paraphrase Art Linkletter, laymen say the darnedest things. In my capacity as the chair of...
Construction Lawyers Must Protect Interests of Owners
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Forum Column - By James Acret - In preparing bid packages, architects are encouraged by the American Institute of Architects t...
After 40 Years, Dispute Over 'Brady' Persists
By Jeffrey Anderson
LOS ANGELES - Death row inmate Adam Miranda hopes a recent trial referee's finding that prosecutors failed to disclose evidenc...
Insurer Must Show Reasonableness of 'Genuine Dispute'
More than a decade ago, California courts began to summarily adjudicate out "bad faith" claims if the insurer proved that it h...
Genuine Patriotic Worship
Forum Column - By David A. Lash - The answer to the uproar over the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeal's Pledge of Allegiance de...
Beating Videographer Wants Record Wiped Clean
By David Houston
LOS ANGELES - Two days before he was arrested by district attorney's investigators on an old misdemeanor warrant, the amateur ...
Businesses Can Use Many Different Tools to Fight Lawsuits by Consumers
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Focus Column - By David R. Sugden - Hundreds of businesses in California are defending lawsuits that they did not (and could n...
Justice With a Heart
By Peter Blumberg
SAN FRANCISCO - It wouldn't do either justice justice to call James Marchiano the ghost of Gary Strankman. But it is fair to ...
Judge Tacks $5.3 Million Onto Jury's Award
By Tyler Cunningham
SAN FRANCISCO - A judge has added millions of dollars to a jury's verdict, saying jurors short-changed a snowboarder who was p...
Youth Newspaper Staff Visits Daily Journal
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Dicta Column - By Demetrice D. and Benjamin C. On Friday, May 17, 2002, eight minors from Camp David Gonzales went to visit th...
Breast-Feeding Women Stage 'Nurse-In'
By Stefanie Knapp
LOS ANGELES - More than 60 mothers openly nursed their babies in the food court of the Santa Monica Place mall yesterday to ed...
Insurer Must Show Reasonableness of 'Genuine Dispute'
More than a decade ago, California courts began to summarily adjudicate out "bad faith" claims if the insurer proved that it ...
Millionaire Sues DA for Malicious Prosecution
By Susan Mc Rae
LOS ANGELES - A millionaire businessman acquitted by a Los Angeles Superior Court jury last year of raping nine women has file...
The Energy of a Rising Star
By Tyler Cunningham
SAN FRANCISCO - Nobody would mistake Susan Breall for a benchwarmer. In conversation, she's engaged and animated, leaning forw...
ACLU Leader: Under God Stays
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN DIEGO - The president of the American Civil Liberties Union predicted Tuesday that there is not a chance of survival for a...
Brandishing A Toy Gun Is Illegal Even if It's Just a Joke
By John Roemer
SAN FRANCISCO - Fake guns can scare anyone who sees them, including bystanders, a unanimous Sacramento appellate panel conclud...
Panel Addresses Tension Between Rights and Security
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN DIEGO - Former Secretary of State Warren Christopher criticized the Bush administration Tuesday for its failure to release...