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The California Code of Civil Procedure (abbreviated to Code Civ. Proc. in the California Style Manual [a] or just CCP in treatises and other less formal contexts) is a California code enacted by the California State Legislature in March 1872 as the general codification of the law of civil procedure in the U.S. state of California, along with the three other original Codes.
A Berman hearing is an administrative procedure under California law designed to resolve wage disputes between employees and employers efficiently and informally. Named after Howard Berman, the California State Assembly member who introduced the legislation, [1] these hearings are conducted by the California Labor Commissioner’s Office to adjudicate claims related to unpaid wages, overtime ...
He was a law clerk to Justice William O. Douglas of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1971 to 1972. [3] Alsup was in private practice in San Francisco , California from 1972 to 1978 and an assistant to the United States Solicitor General in the United States Department of Justice from 1978 to 1980.
Regents of the University of California, 17 Cal. 3d 425, 551 P.2d 334, 131 Cal. Rptr. 14 (Cal. 1976), was a case in which the Supreme Court of California held that mental health professionals have a duty to protect individuals who are being threatened with bodily harm by a patient. The original 1974 decision mandated warning the threatened ...
The California Alien Land Law of 1920 continued the 1913 law while filling many of its loopholes. Among the loopholes filled were that the leasing of land for a period of three years or less was no longer allowed; owning of stock in companies that acquired agricultural land was forbidden; and guardians or agents of ineligible aliens were required to submit an annual report on their activities.
Navarette v. California, 572 U.S. 393 (2014), was a case in which the United States Supreme Court clarified when police officers may make arrests or conduct temporary detentions based on information provided by anonymous tips. [1]
18 January – Court case is filed by the National Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission of Kenya to challenge the constitutionality of Kenya's sodomy law as contained in sections 162, 163 and 165 of the Penal Code. 21 September – The High Court of Kenya rules that the film Rafiki be allowed to screen in Kenyan theaters for one week in ...