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    Vergara v. California was a lawsuit in the California state courts which dealt with a child's right to education and to instruction by effective teachers...
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    the crime of murder in the U.S. state of California is defined by sections 187 through 191 of the California Penal Code. The United States Centers for...
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  • Look up vergara in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Vergara may refer to: Vergara v. California, California court case regarding education Convention...
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    1972 when the California Supreme Court struck down California's capital punishment statute in the case People v. Anderson. California voters reinstated...
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    The Penal Code of California forms the basis for the application of most criminal law, criminal procedure, penal institutions, and the execution of sentences...
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    Legal forms of gambling in the U.S. state of California include cardrooms, Indian casinos, the California State Lottery, parimutuel wagering on horse racing...
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  • Michigan, Nevada and Tennessee. The 2014 court case of Vergara v. California struck down California's LIFO layoff rules as having a disproportionately negative...
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    Taxes in California are collected by state and local governments through a number of tax categories. Sales tax is imposed on retailers (not consumers)...
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    The California Codes are 29 legal codes enacted by the California State Legislature, which, alongside uncodified acts, form the general statutory law...
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    The Supreme Court of California is the highest and final court of appeals in the courts of the U.S. state of California. It is headquartered in San Francisco...
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    The California Courts of Appeal are the state intermediate appellate courts in the U.S. state of California. The state is geographically divided along...
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    Superior courts in California are the state trial courts with general jurisdiction to hear and decide any civil or criminal action which is not specially...
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  • Vergara v. California - Judgment, page 7, line 21 (Superior Court of the State of California, County of Los Angeles August 27, 2014), Text. Vergara (2014)...
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    The Civil Code of California is a collection of statutes for the State of California. The code is made up of statutes which govern the general obligations...
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    The law of California consists of several levels, including constitutional, statutory, and regulatory law, as well as case law. The California Codes form...
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    Cannabis in California has been legal for medical use since 1996, and for recreational use since late 2016. The state of California has been at the forefront...
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    The California Vehicle Code, informally referred to as the Veh. Code or the CVC, is the section of the California Codes which contains almost all statutes...
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  • 2012, tenure for school teachers was challenged in a California lawsuit called Vergara v. California. The primary issue in the case was the impact of tenure...
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    mandate is a type of extraordinary writ in the U.S. state of California. In California, certain writs are used by the superior courts, courts of appeal...
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    Drug policy of California refers to the policy on various classes and kinds of drugs in the U.S. state of California. Cannabis possession has been legalized...
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    The California Evidence Code (abbreviated to Evid. Code in the California Style Manual) is a California code that was enacted by the California State...
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    government and California prosecute alleged violations of criminal law. This article focuses exclusively on California criminal law. California Penal Code...
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    The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA /ˈsiː.kwə/) is a California statute passed in 1970 and signed in to law by then-governor Ronald Reagan,...
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    The California Insurance Code are the codified California laws regarding insurance. The code not only covers requirements for home, auto, medical and...
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    accountability of government to the public." As the California Supreme Court recognized in CBS v. Block: Implicit in a democratic process is the notion...
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    The California Alien Land Law of 1913 (also known as the Webb–Haney Act) prohibited "aliens ineligible for citizenship" from owning agricultural land or...
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    Raj Chetty (category University of California, Berkeley faculty)
    Drawing on these findings, Chetty testified in the landmark case Vergara v. California in support of the plaintiffs’ key points: that teacher quality has...
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    The California Consumers Legal Remedies Act ("CLRA") is the name for California Civil Code §§ 1750 et seq. The CLRA declares unlawful several "methods...
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    Cumis counsel (category California law)
    the case of San Diego Navy Federal Credit Union v. Cumis Insurance Society, Inc., which the California Court of Appeal for the Fourth Appellate District...
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    Bicycle law in California is the parts of the California Vehicle Code that set out the law for persons cycling in California, and a subset of bicycle...
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