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Civil Rights

Apr. 25, 2014

Judge to weigh how civil rights act applies to private university

On Friday, Riverside Judge Gloria Trask will weigh whether California Baptist University violated the Unruh Civil Rights Act by expelling a transgender student. The lawsuit could add to a limited body of case law on transgender rights.


By Chase Scheinbaum


Daily Journal Staff Writer


A Riverside County judge will have a rare chance Friday to decide how the Unruh Civil Rights Act applies to transgender people and how the statute applies to private businesses that receive public money.


Superior Court Judge Gloria Trask will be faced with those questions during a hearing on a motion for summary judgment by the defense and a motion for summary adjudication by the plaintiff in a la...

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