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Civil Rights

Jul. 10, 2010

Economics Spur Spate of Unruh Suits

Women's night and a golf store, a "chicks for free" concert and a men's discount on haircuts are just some of the events that have brought on recent discrimination complaints.

By Pat Broderick

Daily Journal Staff Writer

Four California men are teed off at a golf retailer, another group of gents are clucking over a "chicks for free" concert, while a group of women felt they were getting clipped because they weren't offered discount haircuts like the men.

The common thread of these lawsuits - two recently filed, and recently one settled: the Unruh Civil Rights Act, part of the California ...

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