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Local governments' general plans have become in recent years the most important land-use documents. Page 7. Basic Blueprint Th...

In 1957, a flying piece of wood conked William Greenman on the forehead and inflicted serious injuries. The resulting lawsuit...

By Denise Serra Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 makes it unlawful for "an employer ... to discriminate against any ...

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It sounds simple enough now. The measure stated that "every native citizen of the United States" possessing certain basic qua...

In more than 40 years as a law professor and a justice on the California Supreme Court, the late Chief Justice Roger J. Trayn...

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