Day laborers win Supreme Court free-speech case
Day laborers in Western states including California scored a legal victory Tuesday when the U.S. Supreme Court let stand a lower-court ruling declaring that cities violate free speech when they make it a crime to seek...
California gay-marriage opponents launch a legal gambit
ProtectMarriage, the sponsors of Proposition 8, the gay marriage ban overturned by the 2-1 decision, said it would ask the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals to rehear the case en banc. An en banc panel in the 9th Circuit would consist of Chief Judge Alex Kozinski, a Republican appointee with libertarian leanings, and 10 other judges chosen randomly.
Gay marriage in California on hold for review
Same-sex marriage in California is on hold as supporters of a ban on gay marriage said Tuesday they will ask a federal appeals court to review a recent decision that struck down the voter-approved law.
Gay marriage ban supporters seek second review by circuit court ruling
Move seen as way to shore up case for ban on its way to Supreme Court
Lawyer: Backers want review of California's gay marriage case
SAN FRANCISCO - Backers of California's same-sex marriage ban said Tuesday they will ask a federal appeals court in San Francisco to review the split decision by three of its judges that struck down the voter-approved law.
Convicted murderer dies while on hunger strike in California
California OAKLAND, California (Reuters) - A 27-year-old convicted murderer has died while on a hunger strike to protest restrictions on access to health, good food, legal services and other amenities in a segregation unit at a California prison, prison officials said on Friday. Christian Alexander Gomez died on February 2, six days after he and 31 other inmates in the Corcoran State Prison's ...
Dan Walters: California's red light cameras in jeopardy
The battle over the cameras that many California cities and counties use to nab motorists who blow through red lights or – more commonly – make rolling stops for right turns has raged in the Capitol for several years without resolution.
C2 Launches C2 Legal Solutions
COSTA MESA, CA-- - C2 , the largest privately owned reprographics firm in Southern California, announces the launch of a new operating division below its C2 brand, C2 Legal Solutions, dedicated to providing ...
Editorial: Berman-Sherman acrimony -- Race shows desire to keep job beats party unity
Well, that didn't take long. Everybody's favorite California congressional race has turned nasty.
Failed legal fight over video games costs California nearly $2 million
Designed to protect California kids from video games of murder and mayhem, a law that was passed six years ago but never took effect wound up costing state taxpayers nearly $2 million.