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Litigation

Jan. 29, 2014

Trial begins in suit seeking to overhaul state's education system

In opening arguments Monday, plaintiffs in a lawsuit against the state laid out how, in their view, poor and minority students are disproportionately affected by teacher employment laws.


By Chase Scheinbaum


Daily Journal Staff Writer


LOS ANGELES - Public school teachers who sleep through class, watch YouTube videos or belittle students are in the crosshairs of a potentially landmark lawsuit seeking to overhaul California's education system.


In his opening statement in a Los Angeles County Superior Court trial, lead plaintiff's attorney Theodore J. Boutrous Jr. of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP tried to make clear th...

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