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Litigation

Aug. 24, 2006

A Trail of Litigation Leads to San Francisco's New Jail

SAN FRANCISCO - When San Francisco opened its new jail last week, it was legal history in the making.

By Dennis J. Opatrny
Daily Journal Staff Writer
     
SAN FRANCISCO - When San Francisco opened its new jail last week, it was legal history in the making.
      It took three federal lawsuits, a contempt of court finding against the city and nearly 30 years of hard-fought litigation.
      The driving forces behind it were Golden Gate Universit...

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