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Administrative/Regulatory

May 18, 2006

Bay Area's Court System Prepares for the Big One

SAN FRANCISCO - Not long after Hurricane Katrina ravaged the Gulf Coast, court business in Louisiana and Mississippi struggled back to life in empty classrooms, tents, trailers and - in one case - the cafeteria of a county jail.

By Tim Hay
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      SAN FRANCISCO - Not long after Hurricane Katrina ravaged the Gulf Coast, court business in Louisiana and Mississippi struggled back to life in empty classrooms, tents, trailers and - in one case - the cafeteria of a county jail.
      Judges and lawyers in the Bay Area will show similar moxie when the fabled Big One hits, but hopefully ...

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