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Civil Rights

Aug. 13, 1999

Restraining Remarks

By Anthony J. Oncidi A badly fractured California Supreme Court has upheld an injunction prohibiting the use of "derogatory racial or ethnic epithets" in the workplace. Aguilar v. Avis Rent A Car System Inc. , 1999 Daily Journal D.A.R. 7877 (Aug. 2, 1999). Chief Justice Ronald George's plurality opinion garnered only two other votes - those of justices Marvin Baxter and Ming Chin. Justice Kathryn Werdegar filed a separate concurring opinion, and the remaining justices, Stanley Mosk, Joyce

        By Anthony J. Oncidi
        
        A badly fractured California Supreme Court has upheld an injunction prohibiting the use of "derogatory racial or ethnic epithets" in the workplace. Aguilar v. Avis Rent A Car System Inc., 1999 Daily Journal D.A.R. 7877 (Aug. 2, 1999). Chief Justice Ronald George's plurality opinion garnered only t...

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